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subsidiary Definition

sub·sidi·ary (səb sidē er′ē, -ē ər ē)

adjective

  1. giving aid, support, service, etc.; serving to supplement; auxiliary
  2. being in a secondary or subordinate relationship
  3. of, constituting, or maintained by a subsidy or subsidies

Etymology: L subsidiarius < subsidium: see subsidy

noun pl. -·ar′·ies

a person or thing that is subsidiary; specif.,

  1. a company controlled by another company which owns all or a majority of its shares
  2. Music a subordinate theme

subsidiary Related Forms
sub·sidi·ar′i·ly adverb
subsidiary Synonyms

subsidiary

modif.

subsidiary Finance Definition
A company that is owned by another larger company. A subsidiary is controlled by its parent company.
subsidiary Law Definition
subsidiary Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • pitney: For example geico tho one wasn't subsidiary of pitney.

Converse of object

  • wholly-own: Oxford BioMedica has a wholly-owned subsidiary in San Diego, USA.
  • own: Euro Cargo Rail is a wholly owned subsidiary of English Welsh & Scottish Railroad Holdings Limited.
  • qualify: Any property managing subsidiary of the issuing company must also be a qualifying 90 % subsidiary of the issuing company.

Adjective modifier

  • overseas: Example Suppose an overseas banking subsidiary has made a number of third party loans that exceed its balance sheet capability.
  • foreign: The foreign subsidiary has to start up a new activity.
  • Canadian: In 1946 the Canadian subsidiary of de Havilland designed and built a replacement for the Tiger Moth.
  • principal: Entries include details on principal subsidiaries, capital, accounts and dividends, turnover, pre-tax profit and earnings per share.
  • German: The H&M Group has further acquired the American clothing chain GAP's German subsidiary.
  • Australian: A judge found BAT's Australian subsidiary had " deliberately obliterated " documents, depriving her of the right to a fair trial.

Modifies a noun

  • undertaking: The balance sheets of overseas subsidiary undertakings are expressed in sterling at year end exchange rates.
  • trading: It was considered that the only marketable asset the Charity had was the shareholding in one of its subsidiary trading companies.
  • company: Part of the land was used for company housing, built by a subsidiary company called Wesley Estates.
  • dial: The clock had an eight-day lever movement striking the hour and the half hour and a subsidiary alarm dial and mechanism.
  • body: In 1999, the proposal for a rule change to denote subsidiary bodies went through on the second day without any fuss.

Noun used with modifier

  • joytech: Level gambling disorder play for fun its joytech subsidiary.
  • trading: Back to top Do we need a trading subsidiary?
  • operating: A new company formed to effect a buy-out by buying the operating subsidiaries.
  • banking: Example Suppose an overseas banking subsidiary has made a number of third party loans that exceed its balance sheet capability.

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