subsidiary
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
subsidiary/səbˈsɪdiəri/
▶adjective (often subsidiary to) less important than but related or supplementary to something.
■ (of a company) controlled by a holding or parent company.
▶noun (pl. subsidiaries) a subsidiary company.– derivatives
subsidiarily adverb.
subsidiarily adverb.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘serving to help or supplement’): from L. subsidiarius, from subsidium (see subsidy).
'subsidiary' also found in these Oxford entries:
accessory
- advanced subsidiary level
- ancillary
- appendix
- AS level
- back
- byplay
- disaffiliate
- divestment
- division
- extension
- indirect
- lemma
- minor
- outport
- overtone
- paralegal
- parergon
- parish
- pipe roll
- reggae
- service road
- side
- side issue
- side road
- side street
- spin
- spin-off
- sponson
- station
- strapline
- subclause
- subsense
- subsidiarity
- succursal
- taproot
