subordinatedadj.
/səˈbɔːdᵻneɪtᵻd/, U.S. /səˈbɔrdnˌeɪdᵻd/ 1. That is or has been subordinated; subordinate.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > subordinate
collateralc1374
subalternate?a1425
subalternal1483
subaltern1578
subordinate1620
subordinatinga1635
subordinated1640
subalternated1659
subordinant1678
second line1797
subdominant1826
society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > made subject to authority
subjecta1375
subjugatec1429
subact?1440
redact?a1475
mancipatec1487
suppeditate?1526
underthrown1532
submitted1537
subjected1550
subdued1553
captivate1581
vassalled1606
envassalled1609
captivated1621
subordinated1640
subacted1644
vassalized1647
subjugated1656
reduced1659
1640 W. Vaughan Church Militant 344 By the like Distinctions in the Schooles Would them Create Subordinated Fooles.
1786 S. Johnson Everlasting Punishment Ungodly 216 The lapsed race are included in ‘the things in heaven and upon earth’, who are to be reconciled, recovered and reduced to a regular, well subordinated whole.
1795 T. Pownall Antiquarian Romance 188 Leaving as a subordinated department, the administration of the polity, œconomy, and justice, to the regulus, the inferior king.
1845 T. MacNevin Hist. Volunteers of 1782 31 It was in the reign of James that Ireland assumed the uniform political appearance..of a subordinated kingdom united to England.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 2/1 So vast was his system of subordinated labour, so numerous the army of pupils who worked under his controlling eye.
1939 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 45 171 Power is further distinguished by whether or not the subordinated individuals recognize its legitimacy.
1991 Internat. Affairs 67 291 Whether Southern Africa is a unit, a subsystem or perhaps even a subordinated subsystem, it has a chance to escape becoming a sub-imperial one.
2. Finance. Designating an unsecured debt, loan, etc., which in the event of a liquidation can only be repaid after the claims of secured creditors have been met; designating a creditor who holds such debt. Also more generally: designating debt of lower priority than other debt claimed against the same asset or property.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [adjective] > types of debt
sperate1551
repayable1582
unrepayable1587
amortizable1845
secured1875
subordinated1922
1922 Facts about Sugar 9 Dec. 471/1 It is the expectation of the officials of the company that it [sc. the debt] can be paid off by the conclusion of the coming season and the subordination lifted from the subordinated debentures.
1949 H. V. Prochnow Term Loans & Theories of Bank Liquidity ix. 237 In one case it has been provided that the total debt, including the subordinated debt, may not exceed 4½ times the net worth.
1982 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 12 Feb. A more difficult issue concerns subordinated creditors, such as holders of capital notes of a failed bank.
2003 Austral. Financial Rev. (Sydney) 5 Sept. 31/1 S&P normally requires about 2 per cent of subordinated debt to be issued to support a deal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1640