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subsidiary.

Auxiliary or supplemental.

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Meaning & usage

adj/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i//sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i//sʌbˈsɪ.d͡ʒəɹ.i/
  1. Auxiliary or supplemental.

  2. Secondary or subordinate.

    a subsidiary stream
  3. Of or relating to a subsidy.

    subsidiary payments to an ally
Where this word comes from

From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).

noun/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i//sʌbˈsɪ.dəɹ.i//sʌbˈsɪ.d͡ʒəɹ.i/
  1. A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

  2. A subordinate theme.

  3. One who aids or supplies; an assistant.

Where this word comes from

From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).

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