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Subsidiary
Pronunciation : Sub*sid"i*a*ry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. subsidiarius: cf. F. subsidiaire. See Subsidy.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Sub*sid"i*a*ry
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : Defn: One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. Hammond.
pl. Subsidiaries (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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