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subsidiary

sub·si·diary

UK/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/ US/sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i/ uncommon
noun (2) adjective (2)

noun

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a company that is completely controlled by another company

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adjective

1.

relating to something that is added but is not essential

  • “an ancillary pump”
  • “an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism”
  • “The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other”
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2.

functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity

  • “the main library and its auxiliary branches”
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Origin

From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).

Phrases

  • subsidiary legislation

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