subsidiary

CEFRB2

/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A company controlled by another larger company.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Of or relating to a subsidy.

Examples

  • It's a wholly-owned subsidiary, but it maintains some independence from its parent company.

  • The company is our wholly-owned subsidiary.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Secondary or subordinate.

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

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Auxiliary or supplemental.

More examples

In context

  • They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence.

  • subsidiary payments to an ally

  • a subsidiary stream

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Origin

noun

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