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subsidiary

[ suhb-sid-ee-er-ee ]

adjective

  1. serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  2. subordinate or secondary:

    subsidiary issues.

  3. of or relating to a subsidiary.


noun

plural subsidiaries.
  1. a subsidiary thing or person.
  2. Music. a subordinate theme or subject.

subsidiary

/ əˈɪɪəɪ /

adjective

  1. serving to aid or supplement; auxiliary
  2. of lesser importance; subordinate in function
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who or thing that is subsidiary
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ܲˈ徱, adverb
  • ܲˈ徱Ա, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲ····· [s, uh, b-sid-ee-, air, -, uh, -lee, -, sid, -ee-er-], adverb
  • ܲ·i·i·Ա noun
  • ԴDzȴܲ·i·y adjective noun plural nonsubsidiaries
  • ܲȴܲ·i·y adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of subsidiary1

1535–45; < Latin ܲ徱ܲ, equivalent to subsidi ( um ) ( subsidy ) + -ary
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of subsidiary1

C16: from Latin ܲ徱ܲ supporting, from subsidium subsidy
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More than five years on, one of the JaeVee subsidiary companies developing the sites is in administration and the other is in receivership.

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Consumer Watchdog has called on State Farm Mutual to instead shore up the subsidiary’s capital position.

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The company is exploring changing the for-profit subsidiary to a public benefit corporation.

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The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into Walt Disney Co. and its broadcast subsidiary ABC over the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Chairman Brendan Carr said Friday.

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"The security measures of Advanced's subsidiary fell seriously short of what we would expect from an organisation processing such a large volume of sensitive information," Mr Edwards said.

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