Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary.
- adj. Secondary in importance; subordinate.
- adj. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a subsidy.
- n. One that is subsidiary to another.
- n. A subsidiary company.
- n. Music A theme subordinate to a main theme or subject.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Held ready to furnish assistance; held as a reserve.
- Lending assistance; aiding; assistant; furnishing help; ancillary.
- Furnishingsupplementary supplies: as, a subsidiary stream.
- Relating or pertaining to a subsidy; founded on or connected with a subsidy or subsidies: as, a subsidiary treaty.
- n. One who or that which contributes aid or additional supplies; an auxiliary; an assistant.
- n. In music, a subordinate theme or subject, especially in an episode of an extended work.
Wiktionary
- adj. auxiliary or supplemental
- adj. secondary or subordinate
- adj. of, or relating to a subsidy
- n. A company owned by the parent company or holding company
- n. music a subordinate theme
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity.
- adj. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy.
- n. One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. functioning in a supporting capacity
- n. a company that is completely controlled by another company
- n. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
Etymologies
- Latin subsidiārius, from subsidium, support; see subsidy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Azerbaijan-based Unileasing is seeking to acquire Parex Leasing & Factoring, the title subsidiary in Azerbaijan of Latvia's Parex Leasing.”
“On Jan. 4, 2010, Eco2 announced a deal with CarbonX Trade, which it described as a subsidiary of Lakewood, Colo. -based Green Ventures Future Fund.”
“Lender Processing Services, the Jacksonville, Fla., company whose subsidiary is the subject of a federal probe for issues related to the preparation of foreclosure documentation, fought back this week against what it said were "mischaracterizations" by the media.”
“Sprint's Clearwire Corp. subsidiary is building a network using WiMax technology, which qualifies as 4G under the common industry definition.”
The Huffington Post: T-Mobile Renames Upgraded 3G Network '4G'
“Energy is embedded in subsidiary issues including food, economics, population, pollution, and even politics.”
“The Dublin subsidiary sells advertising worldwide and was credited by Google with 88 percent of its $12.5 billion in non-U.S. sales in 2009.”
“The profits don't stay with the Dublin subsidiary, which reported pretax income of less than 1 percent of sales in 2008, according to Irish records.”
“Under current tax law, American companies pay the corporate tax rate in the host country where the subsidiary is located and then pay the difference between the U.S. rate (35%) and the foreign rate when they bring profits back to the U.S.”
“Eliminating the risk posed by Residential Capital LLC, Ally's mortgage-lending subsidiary, is critical for Ally to draw potential investors as the lender contemplates an initial public stock offering next year as the first step to unwind its $17.2 billion federal bailout.”
“Canary Wharf, the main subsidiary of Songbird Estates PLC, will hold 15% of the total venture, while its shareholders will each take an equal pro-rata share of 35% of the total venture.”
The Wall Street Journal: Land Securities, Canary Wharf Team on Skyscraper
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