subbranch

American  

[suhb-branch, -brahnch] / ˈsʌbˌbræntʃ, -ˌbrɑntʃ /

noun

1. a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.

---

Etymology

Origin of subbranch

First recorded in 1855–60; sub- + branch

Example Sentences

In a 2016 Twitter exchange, former “Smallville” actor Allison Mack recommended Lenz look into the woman’s group Jness, which was a subbranch of the cult-like group NXIVM.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

The Marcos Dynasty, which ends with Imelda and an ailing Ferdinand flying off to exile in Hawaii, falls into the morbid subbranch of literature that Joyce Carol Oates has dubbed pathography.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the future the planned profit level for enterprises, differentiated by branch and subbranch, will be calculated in relation to the fixed and circulating capital employed rather than in relation to cost.

From Area Handbook for Romania by Bernier, Donald W.