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subsidiary
[ suhb-sid-ee-er-ee ]
adjective
- serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- subordinate or secondary:
subsidiary issues.
- of or relating to a subsidiary.
noun
- a subsidiary thing or person.
- Music. a subordinate theme or subject.
subsidiary
/ səbˈsɪdɪərɪ /
adjective
- serving to aid or supplement; auxiliary
- of lesser importance; subordinate in function
noun
- a person who or thing that is subsidiary
- short for subsidiary company
Derived Forms
- subˈsidiarily, adverb
- subˈsidiariness, noun
Other Words From
- sub·sid·i·ar·i·ly [s, uh, b-sid-ee-, air, -, uh, -lee, -, sid, -ee-er-], adverb
- sub·sidi·ari·ness noun
- nonsub·sidi·ary adjective noun plural nonsubsidiaries
- unsub·sidi·ary adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of subsidiary1
Word History and Origins
Origin of subsidiary1
Example Sentences
The case involved Telenor Hungary, a former subsidiary of the Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor.
Interim results from the company’s phase 1 and 2 trials of the vaccine developed by subsidiary Wuhan Institute of Biological Products showed low rates of adverse effects.
American prosecutors allege that in order to get financial services, Meng lied to banks about Huawei’s relationship with an unofficial subsidiary in Iran called Skycom.
On Thursday, Silbert’s company, Digital Currency Group, revealed the existence of a subsidiary called Foundry that will invest $100 million into mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in North America over the coming months.
Sure, other search engines matter too, but considering the second-largest is the Google subsidiary YouTube, it’s safe to base your SEO strategies on Google’s standards.
AirAsia Indonesia, which operated Flight 8501, is the Indonesian subsidiary of AirAsia, which is based in Malaysia.
And this week CNPC agreed to buy 10 percent of Vankorneft, a Rosneft subsidiary, which operates the lucrative Vankor oil field.
Rolls Royce Motor Cars is a subsidiary of BMW, who make the engines.
Nestlé, the Swiss owner of sausage-making subsidiary Herta, told The Daily Beast they would launch an appeal.
He does not see his wealth and status as subsidiary, he holds both shamelessly close.
Beaten on the main issue, Mr. Bradlaugh was successful, however, on the subsidiary one.
An awful subsidiary fear whispered him that if he were hurt, he should disgrace himself by weeping.
In other words, it is the old dodge of forming subsidiary companies for the purpose of hiding the identity of the real owners.
Whenever a business assumes certain proportions, subsidiary businesses spring up to cater to the needs of the larger enterprise.
Nay, Cumberland has made his odes subsidiary to the fame of another man.
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