1 ~ (to sth) connected with sth but less important than it:
a subsidiary matter / subject * subsidiary information
2 (of a business company) owned or controlled by another company
noun (plural subsidiaries) a business company that is owned or controlled by another larger company:
She's working for an overseas subsidiary of the company.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is subsidiary a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, subsidiary is tagged as adjective.
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