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Dictionary Results for subsidiary:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
subsidiary
    adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library
           and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary,
           subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
    n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
         [syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot
         soldier]
    2: a company that is completely controlled by another company
       [syn: subsidiary company, subsidiary]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Subsidiary \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\, n.; pl. Subsidiaries.
   One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional
   supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. --Hammond.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Subsidiary \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\, a. [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.
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            Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not
            suffragant and subsidiary.            --Florio.
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            They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of
            another state of existence.           --Coleridge.
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   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.
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            George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.
                                                  --Ld. Mahon.
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