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Subsidiary - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Subsidiary : \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\, n.; pl. Subsidiaries.
One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional
supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. --Hammond.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Subsidiary |
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crimeficreader: ...Hilco or its Subsidiary Valco is less likely to be revived than we are to see another resurrection. It's a disposal business. |
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DarrenCraske: Joe McElderry )Sony BMG) versus RATM (Epic, a Subsidiary of Sony) = Simon Cowell wins. either way, so who's the joke on? |
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