subsidiary
[adjective]
Synonyms: lesser, ancillary, auxiliary, minor, secondary, subordinate, supplementary

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Related Words: backup, minor, tributary

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English Thesaurus: company, firm, business, corporation, multinational, ...

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I. sub‧sid‧i‧a‧ry¹ /səbˈsɪdiəri $ -dieri/ noun (plural subsidiaries) [countable]
a company that is owned or controlled by another larger company:
a subsidiary of a US company
one of our Japanese subsidiaries

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II. subsidiary² AC adjective formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: subsidiarius, from subsidium; ⇒ subsidy]
connected with, but less important than, something else Synonym : secondary:
a subsidiary hypothesis
subsidiary to
All other issues are subsidiary to this one.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

subsidiary
noun
ADJ. foreign, overseas | Spanish, Madrid-based, etc. | owned a 58%-owned subsidiary of Millennium Graphics
banking, manufacturing, software, etc.
VERB + SUBSIDIARY operate as The company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of a large French company.
have, own | create, establish, form, set up | acquire | close
SUBSIDIARY + NOUN company
 ⇒ Note at ORGANIZATION

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

company an organization that makes or sells something, or provides a service:
big oil companies
telephone companies
He runs a software company.
firm a company, especially one that provides a service rather than producing goods:
a law firm
a firm of accountants
a security firm
business a company – often used when talking about a company that employs only a small number of people:
She set up her own catering business.
small businesses
a family business
corporation a large company that often includes several smaller companies:
IBM is one of the biggest corporations in the world.
multinational a very large company with offices in many different countries:
American multinationals are establishing research and development facilities across the developing world.
conglomerate /kənˈɡlɒmərət, kənˈɡlɒmərɪt $ -ˈɡlɑː-/ a very large company that consists of several different companies which have joined together:
The company was taken over by a German media conglomerate.
giant a word used mainly by newspapers for a very large company:
Their clients include the retail giant, Wal-Mart.
subsidiary a company that is owned by a larger company:
The company runs its New York operations through a US subsidiary.

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