See Also: Subsidiary(law)
Subsidiary(finance)
Subsidiary(money)
subsidiary(dictionary)
Subsidiary Ledger(money)
Subsidiary Journal(money)
subsidiary 1, noun(dictionary)
subsidiary 2, adjective(dictionary)
Wholly owned subsidiary(finance)
Offshore finance subsidiary(finance)

subsidiary (iou)



subsidiary adjective & noun. M16.
[Latin subsidiarius, formed as SUBSIDIUM: see -ARY1.]
A. adjective.
Serving to help, assist, or supplement, auxiliary, supplementary (foll. by to). Also, subordinate, secondary. M16.
subsidiary cells Botany any of certain special epidermal cells (morphologically distinct from ordinary epidermal cells) surrounding the guard-cells of a stoma. subsidiary company: controlled by a holding company. subsidiary goal Polo (the driving of the ball into) a space to the side of each goalpost.
H. J. Laski The central problem is..political, and all other questions are subsidiary to it. G. Phelps The Golden Ass..contains a number of subsidiary tales. R. V. Jones Radar was only a subsidiary target instead of being the main one.
b. Of a stream or valley: tributary. M19.
a. Consisting of a subsidy or subsidies. E-M17.
b. Depending on or maintained by subsidies; spec. (of troops), paid for by subsidy, hired by a foreign power. M18.
b. noun.
a. The levy of a subsidy. rare. Only in L16.
b. A subsidized State. Only in M18.
A subsidiary thing or person; an accessory, an auxiliary; an assistant; spec. (a) Music a theme of inferior importance, subordinate to the first or second subject; (b) a subsidiary company; (c) Polo a subsidiary goal. E17.
Daily Telegraph A wholly-owned subsidiary of Imperial Chemical Industries.
subsidiarily adverb E17.