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subsidiary


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subsidiary  \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\,  a.  [L.  subsidiarius:  cf  F. 
  subsidiaire  See  {Subsidy}.] 
  1.  Furnishing  aid;  assisting;  auxiliary;  helping;  tributary; 
  especially,  aiding  in  an  inferior  position  or  capacity; 
  as  a  subsidiary  stream. 
 
  Chief  ruler  and  principal  head  everywhere,  not 
  suffragant  and  subsidiary.  --Florio. 
 
  They  constituted  a  useful  subsidiary  testimony  of 
  another  state  of  existence.  --Coleridge. 
 
  2.  Of  or  pertaining  to  a  subsidy;  constituting  a  subsidy; 
  being  a  part  of  or  of  the  nature  of  a  subsidy;  as 
  subsidiary  payments  to  an  ally. 
 
  George  the  Second  relied  on  his  subsidiary  treaties. 
  --Ld.  Mahon. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subsidiary  \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\,  n.;  pl  {Subsidiaries}. 
  One  who  or  that  which  contributes  aid  or  additional 
  supplies;  an  assistant;  an  auxiliary.  --Hammond. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  subsidiary 
  adj  1:  relating  to  something  that  is  added  but  is  not  essential; 
  "an  ancillary  pump";  "an  adjuvant  discipline  to  forms 
  of  mysticism";  "The  mind  and  emotions  are  auxilliary 
  to  each  other"  [syn:  {accessory},  {adjunct},  {ancillary}, 
  {adjuvant},  {appurtenant},  {auxiliary}] 
  2:  functioning  in  a  subsidiary  or  supporting  capacity;  "the 
  main  library  and  its  auxiliary  branches"  [syn:  {auxiliary}, 
  {supplemental},  {supplementary}] 
  n  1:  someone  subject  to  the  authority  or  control  of  another  [syn: 
  {subordinate},  {underling}] 
  2:  a  company  that  is  completely  controlled  by  another  company 
  [syn:  {subsidiary  company}] 




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