Subsidiary \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\, n.; pl. Subsidiaries. One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]

Source: 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. [1913 Webster]

Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary. --Florio. [1913 Webster]

They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties. --Ld. Mahon. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "subsidiary": accessory, accident, accidental, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, adjuvant, adscititious, adventitious, ancillary, appendage, appurtenance, appurtenant, ascititious, assistant, assisting, auxiliary, casual, circumstantial, collateral, contingency, contingent, contributory, dotal, dower, dowered, dowry, endowed, extra, fortuitous, fostering, happenstance, helping, incidental, inessential, instrumental, invested, mere chance, ministerial, ministering, ministrant, minor, nonessential, not-self, nurtural, nutricial, other, pensionary, secondary, serving, stipendiary, subordinate to, subservient, superadded, superaddition, superfluous, supervenient, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, tributary, unessential

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subsidiary adj
1: relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]
2: functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary, supplemental, supplementary]

noun

1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: subordinate, underling, foot soldier]
2: a company that is completely controlled by another company [syn: subsidiary company]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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.

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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Subsidiary \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\, n.; pl. Subsidiaries. One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. --Hammond.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)