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   Sub·sid·i·ar·y

   /səbˈsidēˌerē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. less important than but related or supplementary to something: "many environmentalists argue that the cause of animal rights is subsidiary to that of protecting the environment"
   • ▪ (of a company) controlled by a holding or parent company: "all the firm's subsidiary companies have to operate under broad general guidelines"

   noun

   • 1. a company controlled by a holding company: "the firm's Spanish subsidiary"
   • ▪ a thing that is of lesser importance than but related to something else: "Mozart follows his first theme by a crowd of subsidiaries"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘serving to help or supplement’): from Latin subsidiarius, from subsidium ‘support, assistance’ (see subsidy).

   Derivatives

   • 1. subsidiarily adverb

   Scrabble Points: 16

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