subsidiary
subsidiary Lexical Profile
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• noun
A company that is owned or controlled by a parent or holding company, typically through ownership of more than half of its voting stock.
"The multinational conglomerate acquired the software startup and now operates it as a wholly owned subsidiary."
• adjective
Less important than but related or supplementary to something else; secondary or auxiliary.
"The committee decided to address the main budget proposal first and leave subsidiary matters for the next meeting."
Owned or controlled by a parent company or larger corporate organization.
"All subsidiary branches must submit their quarterly financial audits to the corporate headquarters by Friday."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-16th century from Latin subsidiarius ('serving for support or reserve'), derived from subsidium ('reserve troops stationed behind the front line'), from sub- ('behind') and sedere ('to sit').