Subsidiary

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒsÊŒbˈsɪd.jɜː(ɹ).i/

Full definition of subsidiary

Adjective

1. auxiliary or supplemental
• Floriochief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary
• ColeridgeThey constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence.
2. secondary or subordinatea subsidiary stream
3. of, or relating to a subsidysubsidiary payments to an ally
• Ld. MahonGeorge the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.

Noun

1. A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
2. (music) a subordinate theme