Subsidiary Meaning
/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAuxiliary or supplemental.
adjSecondary or subordinate.
Sentence Examples
The company is our wholly-owned subsidiary.
It's a wholly-owned subsidiary, but it maintains some independence from its parent company.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The parent company owns a smaller ____ that handles all the regional sales.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The large international corporation has a small ____ in London that handles all their European sales.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary"
— 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays:
"By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country."
— 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The parent company owns a smaller ____ that handles all the regional sales.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The large international corporation has a small ____ in London that handles all their European sales.