Subsidiary
/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
- 2 a company that is completely controlled by another company wordnet
- 3 A subordinate theme.
- 4 an assistant subject to the authority or control of another wordnet
- 5 One who aids or supplies; an assistant.
Adjective
- 1 Auxiliary or supplemental.
"chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary"
- 2 Secondary or subordinate.
"a subsidiary stream"
- 3 Of or relating to a subsidy.
"subsidiary payments to an ally"
Adjective
- 1 functioning in a supporting capacity wordnet
Example
More examples"The company is our wholly-owned subsidiary."
Etymology
From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).