Dictionary

subsidiary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i/
• /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /sʌbˈsɪ.d͡ʒəɹ.i/
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Auxiliary or supplemental.
   • They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence. May 1, 1823, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Difference between stories of dreams and ghosts […]
   • chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays:
2. Secondary or subordinate.
   • a subsidiary stream
   • 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:
3. Of or relating to a subsidy.
   • subsidiary payments to an ally
   • George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties. 1836-1853, Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783

Forms

Deriveds

subsidiarily · subsidiarization · nonsubsidiary · subsidiary legislation · subsidiariness

Relateds

subsidiarity

Translations (54)

ru второстепенный (secondary or subordinate) · tr tâbî (auxiliary or supplemental) · fi avustus- (of or relating to a subsidy) · fr subsidiaire (of or relating to a subsidy) · ka დამატებითი (auxiliary or supplemental) · de nebensächlich (auxiliary or supplemental) · hu támogatási célú/jellegű (of or relating to a subsidy) · da datter- (secondary or subordinate) · pt subsidiário (secondary or subordinate) · hu mellék- (secondary or subordinate) · tr ikincil (secondary or subordinate) · hu al- (secondary or subordinate) · fi täydentävä (auxiliary or supplemental) · fi apu- (of or relating to a subsidy) · fi lisä- (auxiliary or supplemental) · da subsidiær (auxiliary or supplemental) · ro subsidiar (secondary or subordinate) · ru вспомога́тельный (auxiliary or supplemental) · de untergeordnet (secondary or subordinate) · el δευτερεύων (secondary or subordinate) · bg помощен (secondary or subordinate) · de Tochter- (secondary or subordinate) · el επικουρικός (auxiliary or supplemental) · fr secondaire (secondary or subordinate) · da hjælpe- (auxiliary or supplemental) · fi tuki- (of or relating to a subsidy) · fi sivu- (secondary or subordinate) · pt subsidiário (of or relating to a subsidy) · ka მეორეხარისხოვანი (secondary or subordinate) · de unterstützend (of or relating to a subsidy) · sv subsidiär (auxiliary or supplemental) · fi toissijainen (secondary or subordinate) · no subsidiær (auxiliary or supplemental) · tr iştirakî (auxiliary or supplemental) · ka დამხმარე (auxiliary or supplemental) · ru дополни́тельный (auxiliary or supplemental) · hu járulékos (auxiliary or supplemental) · fr subsidiaire (auxiliary or supplemental) · hu kiegészítő (auxiliary or supplemental) · ka მეორადი (secondary or subordinate) · pt subsidiário (auxiliary or supplemental) · tr yan (auxiliary or supplemental) · cy atodol (auxiliary or supplemental) · de nachgeordnet (secondary or subordinate) · de ergänzend (auxiliary or supplemental) · bg субсидиен (of or relating to a subsidy) · bg спомагателен (auxiliary or supplemental) · de subsidiär (secondary or subordinate) · hu kisegítő (auxiliary or supplemental) · pt subsidiária (auxiliary or supplemental) · ro subsidiar (auxiliary or supplemental) · tr tâlî (secondary or subordinate) · bg помощен (auxiliary or supplemental) · el βοηθητικός (auxiliary or supplemental)

subsidiary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i/
• /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /sʌbˈsɪ.d͡ʒəɹ.i/
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
2. A subordinate theme.
3. One who aids or supplies; an assistant.

Forms

Deriveds

intersubsidiary · subsidiarize

Translations (46)

cs dceřiný podnik (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · nl filiaal (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · no datterselskap (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · fr filiale (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · pl spółka zależna (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · de Tochterfirma (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · ca filial (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · cs dceřiná společnost (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · hu fiók (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · el παράρτημα (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · sh podružnica (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · de Tochtergesellschaft (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · de Tochterunternehmen (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · nl dochterbedrijf (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · de Zweigunternehmen (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · tr tâbî şirket (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · bg филиал (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · pt filial (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · it filiale (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · de Tochter (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · es filial (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · es sucursal (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · tr bağlı şirket (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · ka შვილობილი კომპანია (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · de Zweigniederlassung (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · ro companie subsidiară (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · pt subsidiária (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · ru до́чка (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · bg дъщерна компания (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · ro subsidiară (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · nl dochteronderneming (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · fi tytäryhtiö (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · tr yavru şirket (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · is dótturfyrirtæki (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · ja 子会社 (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · sv dotterbolag (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · el θυγατρική εταιρία (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · tr bağlı kuruluş (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · tl kubsamahan (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · ru дочерняя компа́ния (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · hi समनुषंगी (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · hu leányvállalat (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · cmn 子公司 (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · ga fochomhlacht (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · es subsidiaria (company owned by a parent company or a holding company) · da datterselskab (company owned by a parent company or a holding company)