subsidiary

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/, /sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i/, /sʌbˈsɪ.dʒəɹ.i/

Adjective

subsidiary

1. Auxiliary or supplemental.

   • chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary

   • They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence.

2. Secondary or subordinate.

   a subsidiary stream

3. Of, or relating to a subsidy.

   subsidiary payments to an ally

   • George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.

Translations

• French: subsidiaire
• German: ergänzend
• Portuguese: subsidiário, subsidiária
• Russian: вспомога́тельный

Translations

• German: Tochter-, subsidiär
• Portuguese: subsidiário
• Russian: второстепенный

Translations

• Portuguese: subsidiário

Noun

subsidiary (plural subsidiaries)

1. A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
2. (music) A subordinate theme.
3. One who aids or supplies; an assistant.

Translations

• French: filiale
• German: Tochterunternehmen, Tochtergesellschaft, Zweigunternehmen, Zweigniederlassung
• Italian: filiale
• Portuguese: filial, subsidiária
• Russian: дочерняя компа́ния
• Spanish: filial, subsidiaria

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