Subsidiary Definition

səb-sĭdē-ĕrē
subsidiaries
adjective
Giving aid, support, service, etc.; serving to supplement; auxiliary.
Webster's New World
Being in a secondary or subordinate relationship.
Webster's New World
Of, constituting, or maintained by a subsidy or subsidies.
Webster's New World
The definition of subsidiary is something that gives support, something that is secondary in importance or an organizational group that is in a lower organizational position.
An example of subsidiary used as an adjective is subsidiary income which means extra income.
An example of subsidiary used as an adjective is a subsidiary employee, a junior level person.
An example of a subsidiary is a company that is controlled by another company.
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noun
subsidiaries
A person or thing that is subsidiary.
Webster's New World
A subsidiary company.
American Heritage
A theme subordinate to a main theme or subject.
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Other Word Forms of Subsidiary

Noun

Singular:
subsidiary
Plural:
subsidiaries

Origin of Subsidiary

  • Latin subsidiārius from subsidium support subsidy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Subsidiary Sentence Examples

  • The question of subsidiary councils remained to be settled.

  • Corps was able to fulfil satisfactorily the subsidiary role assigned to it.

  • Subsidiary industries, such as enamelling, are also important.

  • Subsidiary clubs affiliated to the central administration were formed throughout the length and breadth of the coilntry, and millions of leaflets and pamphlets were distributed broadcast to explain the importance of the movement.

  • In most cases these subsidiary algebras, as they may be called, are inseparable from the applications in which they are used; but in any attempt at a natural classification of algebra (at present a hopeless task), they would have to be taken into account.

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SSUSUB

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YRYARY

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