subsidiary
/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/noun, adjective5 syllables
Subsidiary means: functioning in a supporting capacity.
Synonyms for subsidiary8
noun, as in an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
noun, as in a company that is completely controlled by another company
subsidiary company
adjective, as in functioning in a supporting capacity
What does subsidiary mean?3
adjective
1
functioning in a supporting capacity“the main library and its auxiliary branches”
noun
1
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
2
a company that is completely controlled by another company
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Subsidiary in a sentence
- It's a wholly-owned subsidiary, but it maintains some independence from its parent company.AlanF_US
- Overseas subsidiaries are putting out top-of the-line products.Swift
- The company is our wholly-owned subsidiary.AlanF_US
- YouTube is a subsidiary of Google, which controls most of the Internet through its own services.ninefi
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of subsidiary
as a noun
- plural
- subsidiaries