sub·sid·i·ar·y

[suhb-sid-ee-er-ee] adjective, noun, plural sub·sid·i·ar·ies.
adjective
1.
serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
2.
subordinate or secondary: subsidiary issues.
3.
of or pertaining to a subsidiary.
noun
4.
a subsidiary thing or person.
6.
Music. a subordinate theme or subject.
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Origin:
1535–45; < Latin subsidiārius, equivalent to subsidi(um) (see subsidy) + -ārius -ary

sub·sid·i·ar·i·ly [suhb-sid-ee-air-uh-lee, -sid-ee-er-] , adverb
sub·sid·i·ar·i·ness, noun
non·sub·sid·i·ar·y, adjective, noun, plural non·sub·sid·i·ar·ies.
un·sub·sid·i·ar·y, adjective
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subsidiary (səbˈsɪdɪərɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  serving to aid or supplement; auxiliary
2.  of lesser importance; subordinate in function
 
n , -aries
3.  a person who or thing that is subsidiary
4.  short for subsidiary company
 
[C16: from Latin subsidiārius supporting, from subsidiumsubsidy]
 
sub'sidiarily
 
adv
 
sub'sidiariness
 
n

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subsidiary
1543, from M.Fr. subsidiaire, from L. subsidiarius "serving to assist or supplement," from subsidium "help, aid" (see subsidy).
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Example sentences
Amazingly, they had one small subsidiary that reported to the savings-and-loan
  board-don't ask me why.
Valuation of investments insecurities issued by a financial subsidiary.
The information service may be conducted by the information utility itself, by
  a subsidiary, or by one or more of the subscribers.
It yields to privileged and incidental motions, but not to subsidiary ones.
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