subsidiary

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French subsidiaire, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/, /sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i/, /sʌbˈsɪ.dʒəɹ.i/

Adjective

subsidiary (comparative more subsidiary, superlative most subsidiary)

1. Auxiliary or supplemental.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Florio and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary

   • (Can we date this quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence.

2. Secondary or subordinate.

   a subsidiary stream

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:

     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.

3. Of, or relating to a subsidy.

   subsidiary payments to an ally

   • (Can we date this quote by Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.

Translations

auxiliary or supplemental

• Danish: subsidiær
• Finnish: lisä- (fi), täydentävä (fi)
• French: subsidiaire (fr)
• Georgian: დამხმარე (damxmare), დამატებითი (damaṭebiti)
• German: ergänzend (de)
• Greek: επικουρικός (el) m (epikourikós), βοηθητικός (el) m (voïthitikós)
• Hungarian: járulékos (hu), kiegészítő (hu), kisegítő (hu)
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• Norwegian: subsidiær (no)
• Portuguese: subsidiário (pt) m, subsidiária f
• Russian: вспомога́тельный (ru) (vspomogátelʹnyj), дополни́тельный (ru) (dopolnítelʹnyj)
• Swedish: subsidiär (sv)
• Turkish: iştirakî, tâbî, yan (tr)

secondary or subordinate

• Finnish: sivu-, toissijainen (fi)
• Georgian: მეორადი (meoradi), მეორეხარისხოვანი (meorexarisxovani)
• German: Tochter-, subsidiär (de)
• Greek: δευτερεύων (el) m (defterévon)
• Hungarian: al- (hu), mellék- (hu)
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• Portuguese: subsidiário (pt)
• Russian: второстепенный (ru) (vtorostepennyj)
• Turkish: ikincil, tâlî

of or relating to a subsidy

• Finnish: avustus-, apu-, tuki-
• Hungarian: támogatási célú/jellegű
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• Portuguese: subsidiário (pt)

Noun

subsidiary (plural subsidiaries)

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

Translations

company owned by a parent company or a holding company

• Catalan: filial (ca) f
• Czech: dceřiná společnost f, dceřiný podnik
• Dutch: dochterbedrijf (nl) n, filiaal (nl) f
• Finnish: tytäryhtiö (fi)
• French: filiale (fr)
• Georgian: შვილობილი კომპანია (švilobili ḳomṗania)
• German: Tochterunternehmen (de) n, Tochtergesellschaft (de) f, Zweigunternehmen n, Zweigniederlassung f
• Greek: θυγατρική εταιρία f (thygatrikí etairía), παράρτημα (el) n (parártima)
• Hindi: समनुषंगी f (samnuṣaṅgī)
• Hungarian: leányvállalat (hu), fiók (hu)
• Icelandic: dótturfyrirtæki n
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• Irish: fochomhlacht m
• Italian: filiale (it) f
• Japanese: 子会社 (ja) (こがいしゃ, kogaisha)
• Portuguese: filial (pt) f, subsidiária f
• Russian: дочерняя компа́ния (ru) f (dočernjaja kompánija), до́чка (ru) f (dóčka)
• Serbo-Croatian: podružnica (sh) f
• Spanish: filial (es) f, subsidiaria f
• Swedish: dotterbolag (sv) n
• Tagalog: kubsamahan
• Turkish: bağlı kuruluş, bağlı şirket, tâbî şirket, yavru şirket

music: a subordinate theme

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