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Definition of subsidiary noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

subsidiary

noun
 
/səbˈsɪdiəri/
 
/səbˈsɪdieri/
(plural subsidiaries)
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  1. a business company that is owned or controlled by another larger company
    • She’s working for an overseas subsidiary of the company.
    Extra Examples
    • The company operates two subsidiaries.
    • a 58%-owned subsidiary of Millennium Graphics
    • their decision to open a subsidiary in India
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • foreign
    • offshore
    • overseas
    • …
    verb + subsidiary
    • operate as
    • operate
    • have
    • …
    subsidiary + noun
    • company
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘serving to help or supplement’): from Latin subsidiarius, from subsidium ‘support, assistance’.
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