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Subsidiary

/səˈbsɪdiˌɛri/
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(adj) Auxiliary or supplemental.

The company is our wholly-owned subsidiary.
It's a wholly-owned subsidiary, but it maintains some independence from its parent company.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The large international corporation has a small ____ in London that handles all their European sales.

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