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subsidiary

/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/
adjectivenoun

Auxiliary or supplemental.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 3 meanings

  1. Auxiliary or supplemental.

  2. Secondary or subordinate.

    “a subsidiary stream”

  3. Of or relating to a subsidy.

    “subsidiary payments to an ally”

Noun 3 meanings

  1. A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

  2. A subordinate theme.

  3. One who aids or supplies; an assistant.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).

SUBSIDIARY at a glance

SUBSIDIARY has 10 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + B 3 + S 1 + I 1 + D 2 + I 1 + A 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,973 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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