subsidiary

Definitions

1. adjective

   Auxiliary or supplemental.

   Examples

   • chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary
   • They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence.
2. adjective

   Secondary or subordinate.

   Example

   • a subsidiary stream
3. adjective

   Of or relating to a subsidy.

   Examples

   • subsidiary payments to an ally
   • George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.
4. noun

   A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

5. noun

   A subordinate theme.

6. noun

   One who aids or supplies; an assistant.