According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
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
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
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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