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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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