'Subsidiary' definitions:
Definition of 'subsidiary'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
noun
An assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier]
noun
A company that is completely controlled by another company [syn: subsidiary company, subsidiary]
Definition of 'Subsidiary'
From: GCIDE
- Subsidiary \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\, a. [L. subsidiarius: cf. F. subsidiaire. See Subsidy.]
- 1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream. [1913 Webster]
- Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary. --Florio. [1913 Webster]
- They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally. [1913 Webster]
- George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties. --Ld. Mahon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Subsidiary'
From: GCIDE
- Subsidiary \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\, n.; pl. Subsidiaries. One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'subsidiary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- accident,
- accidental,
- addendum,
- addition,
- additional,
- adjunct,
- adjuvant,
- adscititious,
- adventitious,
- ancillary,
- appendage,
- appurtenance,
- appurtenant,
- ascititious,
- assistant,
- assisting,
- auxiliary,
- casual,
- circumstantial,
- collateral,
- contingency,
- contingent,
- contributory,
- dotal,
- dower,
- dowered,
- dowry,
- endowed,
- extra,
- fortuitous,
- fostering,
- happenstance,
- helping,
- incidental,
- inessential,
- instrumental,
- invested,
- mere chance,
- ministerial,
- ministering,
- ministrant,
- minor,
- nonessential,
- not-self,
- nurtural,
- nutricial,
- other,
- pensionary,
- secondary,
- serving,
- stipendiary,
- subordinate to,
- subservient,
- superadded,
- superaddition,
- superfluous,
- supervenient,
- supplement,
- supplemental,
- supplementary,
- tributary,
- unessential