ancillary
subordinate; secondary; subsidiary: Your medical coverage includes physiotherapy, eye testing, and other ancillary services.
auxiliary; assisting:The bookkeeper serves in an ancillary role, supporting the treasurer.
something that serves in an ancillary capacity: Downloadable ancillaries to the basic textbook, such as videos and worksheets, are on our website.
Origin of ancillary
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How to use ancillary in a sentence
The 80-person company also plans to take its offering a step further by launching ancillary product offerings to take buyers throughout the home buying journey.
Divvy Homes secures $110M Series C to help renters become homeowners | Mary Ann Azevedo | February 2, 2021 | TechCrunchThe state houses some of the most prominent firms involved in EV and EV ancillary manufacturing, including Mahindra Electric, Ather Energy, Ola Electric, and Bosch.
How a southern Indian state raced ahead in the EV game and wooed Tesla | Niharika Sharma | January 22, 2021 | QuartzIssa and others have several times referred to the mass demonstrations and ancillary violence this summer as comparable.
The Federal Communications Commission told Jerry Szoka, operator of the station, to cease broadcasting and pay an ancillary $11,000 forfeiture because Grid Radio was operating without a license.
AG pick Garland may have to answer for rulings against LGBTQ plaintiffs | Chris Johnson | January 7, 2021 | Washington BladeHuffPost “has been an ancillary part of any of our conversations, and it is led primarily by the lead Verizon salesperson,” said Patrick Kelly, svp and group director of digital investments at Havas Media.
‘Context really matters again’: How BuzzFeed’s HuffPost acquisition can help the combined company’s ad sales pitch | Tim Peterson | November 30, 2020 | Digiday
But even as the music market goes global, the ancillary cost is a troubling conglomeratization of thought, style, and taste.
Van Dyke Parks on How Songwriters Are Getting Screwed in the Digital Age | Van Dyke Parks | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are ancillary benefits to donating extra campaign cash, too, Miniutti said.
Ex-Politicians Keeping $100 Million in Private Slush Funds | Dave Levinthal, Center for Public Integrity | May 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut what if winning is an ancillary goal to the financial health of the organization?
The Knicks Aren't a Sports Team. They're a Reality Show, and Phil Jackson is Their Latest Star. | Robert Silverman | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe first round failed to achieve any progress even on ancillary issues, such as humanitarian access to the besieged city of Homs.
Russian Foreign Minister: We Can’t Get Assad to Do Anything | Josh Rogin | February 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe most sustainable impact—assuming there are no hitches legally—will be ancillary things like that.
Ganjapreneurs Flock to Colorado Following Marijuana Legalization | Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson | January 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo emphasize one idea, subordinate ancillary ideas; make them take their proper rank in the sentence.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterIt was odd how the word seemed to shape the act, though one knew how ancillary it really was.
Tales Of Men And Ghosts | Edith WhartonBut as philosophy is subsidiary and ancillary, it will be sufficient to set forth what is said about the Society's theologians.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921 | Thomas J. CampbellThis is the case among the leisure class and among certain portions of the population which are ancillary to that class.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein VeblenIt is as ancillary to the predaceous impulse proper that the belief in luck expresses itself in a wager.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein Veblen
British Dictionary definitions for ancillary
/ (ænˈsɪlərɪ) /
subsidiary
auxiliary; supplementary: ancillary services
a subsidiary or auxiliary thing or person: the company has an ancillary abroad
Origin of ancillary
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