ancillary
ancillary Lexical Profile
ancillary Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, institution, industry, or system.
"The hospital recently expanded its ancillary services to include physical therapy and diagnostic imaging."
In addition to something else, often not as important or central; secondary or subordinate.
"While the textbook covers the core curriculum, the publisher also offers several ancillary workbooks for extra practice."
• noun
A person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, or a thing that functions as a supplement or accessory.
"The cost of the machinery itself was reasonable, but the required ancillaries drove up the total budget."
• Rhymes for ancillary
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century from Latin ancillaris ('relating to maidservants'), derived from ancilla ('maidservant'), a diminutive of ancula ('female servant').