SUBSIDIARY

auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary

(adjective) functioning in a supporting capacity; “the main library and its auxiliary branches”

subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier

(noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

subsidiary (comparative more subsidiary, superlative most subsidiary)

Auxiliary or supplemental.

Secondary or subordinate.

Of, or relating to a subsidy.

Noun

subsidiary (plural subsidiaries)

A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

(music) A subordinate theme.

One who aids or supplies; an assistant.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sub*sid"i*a*ry, a. Etym: [L. subsidiarius: cf. F. subsidiaire. See Subsidy.]

1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream. Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary. Florio. They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence. Coleridge.

2. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally. George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties. Ld. Mahon.

Sub*sid"i*a*ry, n.; pl. Subsidiaries (.

Definition: One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. Hammond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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