subsidiary
Auxiliary or supplementalAuxiliary or supplemental.
» The company is our wholly-owned subsidiary.
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3 sensesAuxiliary or supplemental.
ergänzend, nebensächlich
вспомога́тельныйvspomogátelʹnyj, дополни́тельныйdopolnítelʹnyj
Secondary or subordinate.
a subsidiary stream
Tochter-, subsidiär, untergeordnet
второстепенныйvtorostepennyj
Of or relating to a subsidy.
subsidiary payments to an ally
unterstützend
- functioning in a supporting capacity
Examples
4 sentencesThe company is our wholly-owned subsidiary.
Overseas subsidiaries are putting out top-of the-line products.
It's a wholly-owned subsidiary, but it maintains some independence from its parent company.
YouTube is a subsidiary of Google, which controls most of the Internet through its own services.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).
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Forms
more subsidiary, most subsidiary| Comparative | more subsidiary Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most subsidiary Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- functioning in a supporting capacity:auxiliarysupplementalsupplementary
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.