单词 | subsidiary |
释义 | subsidiaryadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. That provides assistance; supplementary. (a) Without construction. Chiefly of a thing: that serves to help, assist, or supplement; providing assistance or supplementary supplies; (also) auxiliary, tributary, supplementary. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > auxiliary or subsidiary subsidiary1543 contributary1567 serving1567 auxiliar1583 contributory1594 auxiliatory1599 auxiliary1605 subministering1606 subserving1621 auxilianta1631 inservient1646 adminiculary1653 adminicular1660 accessorial1726 secondary1751 tributary1764 contributive1793 1543 G. Joye George Ioye confuteth Winchesters Articles f. ij Iustified by thonelye faith in him, and by nothing els as by any subsydiary attaynment..vnto this full iustificacion in christe. 1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Subsidiarie, that is giuen or sent to aide another. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 57 In these subsidiary gods, these occasional gods, there could be no Omnipotence, no Almightinesse. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 64/1 A Suffragan Bishop, or Subsidiary Bishop. 1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments vi. 106 Howsoever they [sc. bitter Substances] may be acceptable to some one Part, that is..that they are a Sort of subsidiary Gall. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. iii. 545 [A sinking fund] is a subsidiary fund always at hand to be mortgaged in aid of any other doubtful fund. View more context for this quotation 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 154 The decrements on these last faces are considered as subsidiary, to favour the action of the principal decrement. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic v. 110 The inflammation..of the ignited gas will be sustained by these four subsidiary flames. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 211 We must mention the development of printing and the subsidiary art of paper-making. 1903 Daily Chron. 26 Oct. 3/5 Bishop Subsidiary of Caerleon. 1952 M. Pei Story of Lang. i. ix. 93 English makes use of no subsidiary characters, save for the apostrophe. Many other languages use accent-marks, umlauts, cedillas. 1994 S. P. Somtow Jasmine Nights (1995) xxix. 213 The main trunk is rumoured to be a century old, and there are many subsidiary trunks. (b) With to. ΚΠ 1635 D. Person Varieties iii. 164 He refuseth such prayers to have beene subsidiary or helpfull to them, but rather congratulatorie, for that they were released from all their miseries. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 398 The Commoners of England being landed, are so subsidiary to their Princes and Laws in all kindes of aide and duty. 1679 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) To Rdr. sig. A3 An infinity of solitary, and loose Experiments subsidiary to it. a1740 D. Waterland Inquiry Communion in Wks. (1823) IX. 507 As soon as Baptism became impaired, the Use of the Eucharist ought to come in as subsidiary, or supplemental to it. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. i. 11 It [sc. life] will frequently languish even in the hands of the busy, if they have not some employment subsidiary to that which forms their main pursuit. 1847 J. Keble Serm. Academical & Occas. viii. 200 A system of tradition, subsidiary to the Scriptures, might yet exist in the commonwealth or city of God. 1874 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 675 No ritual is too much, provided it is subsidiary to the inner work of worship. 1920 Times 4 Aug. 12/2 Instructive lectures form part of the camp routine, but these are subsidiary to the real work of the day. 1992 M. Aston Interpreting Landscape (BNC) 34 Some estates were centred on a head manor, and all other estates on the settlement were subsidiary to it. b. Of a river, stream, or other effluence: tributary. Similarly of a valley, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [adjective] contributary1567 tributarya1616 subsidiary1628 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [adjective] > other types subsidiary1826 V-shaped1835 diaclinal1874 anaclinal1875 antecedent1875 cataclinal1875 consequent1875 superimposed1875 epigenetic1888 subsequent1889 insequent1897 oversteepened1900 re-entrant1901 1628 H. Burton Israels Fast 32 Our Ioshua shall be honoured with subsidiary streames of loue & duty, flowing from the hearts of the best subiects in the World. 1761 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 6) IV. i. 8 [The river Clyde] moves majestically on, till it absorbs also the River Levin,..and thus swelled with subsidiary Streams,..its joins its Waters to those of the Sea. 1826 J. B. Fraser Trav. & Adventures Persian Provinces 292 Our road lay across the valley for some miles, and then slanted upwards along the side of a small subsidiary glen. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. i. 101 All manner of subsidiary streams and brooks of bitterness flowing in. 1877 Pop. Sci. Nov. 16 The pretensions of even ample subsidiary streams are merged in our admiration of the master-flood. 1914 Sir J. French Disp. 8 Oct. in Times 19 Oct. 9/6 The general plateau on the south is divided by a subsidiary valley of much the same character, down which the small River Vesle flows to the main stream. 1976 Backpacker Oct. 64/3 Looking north, a hiker sees..the Great Gulf, which once held a tongue of ice six miles long fed by several subsidiary glaciers. 2003 M. Zuehlke Gothic Line iii. 55 On July 12, Mallory Major—an air operation intended to destroy all key bridges crossing the Po and subsidiary rivers—was launched. c. Mathematics. Of an angle, symbol, quantity, etc.: introduced into a problem solely in order to aid its solution. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective] digitalc1450 subsidiary1806 symbolical1830 symbolic1846 notational1865 1806 T. Leybourn tr. J. L. Lagrange in New Series Math. Repository I. iii. 14 It does not appear that this equation can be resolved directly into factors, so as to admit of the application of logarithms; it may, however, be done by means of a subsidiary angle. 1857 B. Price Treat. Infinitesimal Calculus (ed. 2) I. iii. 184 It is convenient in this example to introduce a subsidiary quantity ρ. 1890 W. W. Rouse Ball Elem. Algebra xix. 240 If we put x² + 2x in a bracket, and treat it like a separate symbol, we need not introduce y; but the beginner will probably find it easier to use a subsidiary symbol. 1945 Math. Gaz. 29 118 The analytical result..can be simplified by introducing a subsidiary angle ϕ defined by the equation tan ϕ = (d/p) cot θ. 2002 K. W. Jenkins Teach Yourself Algebra Electronic Circuits v. 84 ϕ is the subsidiary angle as previously described. 2. Subordinate, secondary. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > low or subordinate wokec897 lessOE lesserc1225 secondary1386 lowerc1390 subalternate?a1425 subsidiary1603 pedaneous1617 subordinate1620 undergraduate1655 subdominant1826 unlofty1869 lower case1917 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective] > subsidiary back1535 subsidiary1603 subsidary1628 parhedral1884 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. lvi. 175 She [sc. Divinity] ought to be chiefe ruler..and not suffragant and subsidiarie [Fr. subsidiaire]. 1783 Ann. Reg. 1781 Nat. Hist. 78/2 The two first therefore are no more than subsidiary sciences, which conduct us to the last, as the proper great object. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. x. 100/2 The others are only subsidiary species, or slight varieties. 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 68 When any system of waves meets with an obstacle, subsidiary systems of undulation will be formed. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ix. 166 Its legion of subsidiary dialectic forms. 1925 Rotarian Apr. 13/1 This involved much traversing of unknown glaciers and climbing of subsidiary peaks. 1978 R. V. Jones Most Secret War (1979) II. xliii. 509 The radar was only a subsidiary target instead of being the main one. 2003 N.Y. Times 24 Aug. ii. 4/2 Stage directors... mount productions of classics in ways the writers would never recognize..sometimes relegating text to a subsidiary position. 3. a. Consisting of a subsidy or subsidies. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [adjective] subsidiary1608 1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum Ded. 1 That honourable assemblie hath..presented to your Maiestie a subsidiarie beneuolence. 1640 J. Culpepper in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 34 As soon as the House was setled, a Subsidiary Aid and Supply was propounded. 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces viii. 250 Holland had ever defended it self against Spain..by agreeing with that Crown, to furnish between them some constant Subsidiary Payments to Sweden. 1795 F. Plowden Short. Hist. Brit. Empire 1794 viii. 214 Mr. Pitt..asserted in the House of Commons, that his Prussian Majesty had properly co-operated with his subsidised troops up to September, when he thought proper to withhold the subsidiary payments! 1868 W. L. Stone tr. M. von Eelking Mem. Major Gen. Riedesel I. 22 We do not deny that this fund was augmented by the English subsidiary money. 1969 R. F. Salisbury in I. R. Buchler & H. G. Nutini Game Theory in Behavioral Sci. iv. 90 These rights are purchased in the marriage ritual by the subsidiary payments to the bride's clan relatives. 2006 S. D. Roper & L. A. Barria Designing Criminal Tribunals iii. 45 The UN has offered a subsidiary grant to compensate for the £85 million. b. Maintained or retained by subsidies. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] > maintained or retained by subsidies subsidiary1658 subsidial1698 aided1832 grant-aided1927 1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 88 Abbot Marsilane furnishes a fresh subsidiary Navy, under command of Valine. 1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xiii, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 217 His subsidiary Troops being broken at Ravenna,..beyond all expectation he escaped being a Prisoner to his Enemies, because they also were defeated. 1741 Scots Mag. Feb. 73/2 We have a great number of foreign subsidiary troops, which are or ought always to be ready to march whenever his Majesty may please to command them. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Subsidiary Troops, troops of one nation assisting those of another for a given sum or subsidy. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 134 Both the British countries were in some measure subsidiary and protected states. 1900 C. A. Hanna Hist. Coll. Harrison County iii. 37 These German subsidiary troops were bought..in large numbers. They cost George III. the sum of $8.–100000. 1974 J. Roselli Sir William Bentinck ii. iii. 123 In Mysore, already a subsidiary State, he removed the British commanding officer at Bangalore for having arbitrarily searched the Raja's palace. 2009 GMAT 2010 ii. iv. 54/2 The Russian government can indefinitely withstand the expense of subsidiary state enterprises. B. n. 1. a. A subsidiary or subordinate thing; something which provides additional support or assistance; an auxiliary, an aid. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help factor1445 adjutory1508 underhelp1579 subsidiary1603 under-powera1807 contingent1817 tributary1859 contribuenta1866 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [noun] > levy of or for subside?a1425 subsidiary1603 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 255 These considerations ought to be applied and employed to our beleefe, but as Subsidiaries [Fr. subsidiaires]. a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) ii. 28 Which deceitful consideration drew on Pelagius himself, that was first only for nature, at last to take in one after another, five Subsidiaries more. 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vii. 251 Images of the Gods and Goddesses, with other Subsidiaries. a1706 J. Evelyn Mem. (1819) II. 206 I..shall not be able to do it with any satisfaction, unless yr Lop favour me with the com'unication of the subsidiaries in yr cabinet. 1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 327 If, in despight of so many subsidiaries, you should be of a different opinion. 1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. ii. i. 59 All other sorts of words must be regarded as subsidiaries. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. xi. 410 The last contains notices of the most distinguished individuals of the court of Henry IV, which..are valuable subsidiaries to an accurate acquaintance with the prominent actors of the period. 1881 C. Semper Animal Life ix. 291 Wagner's theory forms in fact a subsidiary to Darwin's. 1932 Pop. Sci. Oct. 10/1 I move that instead of modifying your magazine..you publish a subsidiary to appear on the fifteenth of every month. 1961 A. E. Holmans U.S. Fiscal Policy ix. 190 The primary reliance on fiscal policy..with the direct controls not widespread or stringent enough to be more than subsidiaries (albeit very useful subsidiaries), indicated..a policy of drastic tax increases. 2002 L. F. Sandler in M. Carruthers & J. M. Ziolkowski Medieval Craft of Memory 2004 x. 219 In the Tree of Virtues Love, at the apex of the tree, has ten rather than the usual seven subsidiaries. b. A body or organization which is controlled by another, esp. a subsidiary company (see subsidiary company n. at Compounds 1). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company incorporation1530 acquisitor1668 private company?1711 private practice1724 public company1730 trading house1760 acquiror1789 in-company1791 public corporation1796 company1800 subsidiary company1823 proprietary company1824 stock-company1827 trust company1827 subsidiary1828 concessionaire1839 commandite1844 statutory company1847 parent company1854 mastership1868 state enterprise1886 Pty.1904 asset class1931 acquirer1950 parent1953 growth company1959 spin-off1959 non-profit1961 shell1964 not-for-profit1969 vehicle1971 spin-out1972 startup1975 greenfield1982 large-cap1982 monoline1984 small cap1984 mid-cap1988 multidomestic1989 dotcom1996 1828 U.S. Tel. 6 Mar. The continued and unceasing labors of the government ‘Journal’ and its subsidiaries in Boston and Philadelphia. 1839 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Nov. 396 Both the banks chartered by Congress..were created as important subsidiaries to the Treasury Department. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 22 Mar. 8/2 The whole question of the value of Randfontein lies..in the way its numerous subsidiaries turn out. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 9/1 The shares of the Corporation, which then stood at 1s. 1½d., now stand at 6d., and it wants its shareholders to take the shares of these subsidiaries and provide more hard cash. 1929 Evening News 18 Nov. 14/2 The business was established over 160 years ago, and the present organisation includes subsidiaries in Australia, South Africa, and France. 2000 Times 2 Aug. i. 27/8 Lycos, whose parent company is now a subsidiary of Spain's Terra Networks, increased its audience reach..to 26.3 per cent. c. Music. A theme of lesser importance, subordinate to the first or second subject (subject n. 16). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > theme > subsidiary or intervening episode1869 subsidiary1883 1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. (at cited word) In some cases a Subsidiary acquires so much importance in the working out as to rank as a third subject. 1948 Musical Times 89 304/2 It has three main themes and some subsidiaries. 1994 J. Kárṕati Bartók's Chamber Music xvi. 481 G-sharp minor fits smoothly alongside it as a subsidiary. d. Polo. A subsidiary goal (see subsidiary goal n. at Compounds 1). rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > subsidiary goal subsidiary goal1892 subsidiary1900 1900 North-China Herald 10 Oct. 764/2 The visitors showed the residents how to play the game, beating them by 4 goals and 2 subsidiaries. 1903 Daily Chron. 27 Jan. 5/6 Three goals two subsidiaries to six goals two subsidiaries. 2. A person who occupies a subsidiary position; an assistant, a deputy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help > person helpa1325 yeoman1363 suffragana1450 assistant?1541 under-minister1543 under-aid1579 under-fellowa1586 adjutant1622 deacon1642 under-builder1651 subsidiary1661 under-instrument1673 helper1686 understrappera1704 âme damnée1797 bottle holder1816 acolyte1829 cad1836 bellows-blower1865 sidekick1893 side-kicker1894 Watson1927 stooge1955 1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restaurata i. 32 Sir Richard Rich..another of the twelve, which were appointed for Subsidiaries, to the great Council of Estate, by the King deceased. 1745 Universal Hist. (Dublin rev. ed.) VI. xviii. 47 When the tribes chose their senators they also chose a certain number of subsidiaries, out of which, when a senator was expelled, another was substituted in his place. 1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca i. xiii. 58 The number of senators was again augmented... To these fifty a similar number of subsidiaries was added. 1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 507 The building is occupied by three priests and a few subsidiaries. 1959 F. Sondern Brotherhood of Evil i. 4 A dozen other equally important top executives of organized crime were present, accompanied by their assistants and subsidiaries. 2001 J. Rentoul in A. Chadwick & R. Heffernan New Labour Reader (2003) 293 Like a chief executive setting targets for his subsidiaries, Blair introduced a new system of targets which would be agreed between departments and ‘the centre’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > subsidized subsidiary1756 1756 Monitor No. 30. I. 275 The immense treasure paid for those subsidiaries, which by their treaties are engaged to cover Hanover, at the sole expence of Great Britain. 1795 R. Craig Inq. War with France 34 All the money that has been..given away to satisfy the exorbitant and rapacious demands of our foreign subsidiaries. 1821 Monthly Rev. Enlarged 96 525 Foreign subsidiaries become year after year more exorbitant in their demands. Compounds C1. Compounds of the adjective. subsidiary cell n. [translation of German Nebenzelle (E. Pfitzer 1870, in Jahrbücher f. wissensch. Bot. 7 535, itself after scientific Latin cellula lateralis (1833))] Botany an epidermal cell bordering a guard cell, typically having a less thickened cell wall. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > cell > types of > guard- or subsidiary cell accessory cell1831 guard-cell1875 guardian-cell1880 subsidiary cell1884 1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 38 These peculiar neighbouring cells of the stomata are termed its subsidiary cells, or subsidiary cells of the pore. 1907 Bot. Gaz. 43 197 The walls of the guard cells and of the subsidiary cells are strongly thickened. 2010 C. B. Beck Introd. Plant Struct. & Devel. (ed. 2) viii. 152 Subsidiary cells, surrounding the guard cells, are the source of water and ions during the process of stomatal opening. subsidiary coin n. coinage or a coin of low denomination. ΚΠ 1824 J. Mill Elements Polit. Econ. (ed. 2) Pref. p. iv A new Section has been introduced, on the effect of..using subsidiary coins, at less than their metallic value. 1921 C. L. Jones Mexico & Reconstruction 91 The old pesos were withdrawn and a new series issued... New subsidiary coins were also issued. 2003 N. Kærgård & I. Henriksen in M. Baimbridge & P. Whyman Econ. & Monetary Union in Europe iv. 50 The commission found that it would be difficult to estimate beforehand the amount of subsidiary coin that would be needed. subsidiary coinage n. coinage of low denomination; (U.S.) silver coinage of lower denomination than the dollar. ΚΠ 1844 J. Fullarton On Regulation of Currencies x. 222 I can conceive circumstances in which it might become expedient to issue even a subsidiary coinage of fine silver in aid of our gold. 1876 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 5 ) iii. xv. 480 Our silver and copper money is to be regarded as subsidiary coinage. 1928 H. Mattingly Rom. Coins iii. i. 216 The subsidiary coinage (‘pecunia’)—bronze often with a small admixture of silver—presents a curious problem. 2010 D. Ganz Rare Coin Investing Gloss. 250 Eagle. statutorily found on reverse of all US subsidiary coinage above a dime. subsidiary company n. a company controlled by a holding company (cf. sense B. 1b). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company incorporation1530 acquisitor1668 private company?1711 private practice1724 public company1730 trading house1760 acquiror1789 in-company1791 public corporation1796 company1800 subsidiary company1823 proprietary company1824 stock-company1827 trust company1827 subsidiary1828 concessionaire1839 commandite1844 statutory company1847 parent company1854 mastership1868 state enterprise1886 Pty.1904 asset class1931 acquirer1950 parent1953 growth company1959 spin-off1959 non-profit1961 shell1964 not-for-profit1969 vehicle1971 spin-out1972 startup1975 greenfield1982 large-cap1982 monoline1984 small cap1984 mid-cap1988 multidomestic1989 dotcom1996 1823 New Monthly Mag. (U.S. ed.) 6 61 That I reverence the existing Association..is best evidenced by my proposal for a Branch or Subsidiary Company. 1867 Railway News 5 Oct. 333 The Bo'ness and Grangemouth, a subsidiary company formed to construct a short line in connection with the now abandoned scheme of the Forth Bridge. 1930 A. Palmer Company Secretarial Pract. 255 A company is deemed to be a subsidiary company if, when the accounts of the holding company are made up, it, the holding company, holds more than 50 per cent. of the issued share capital.., or more than 50 per cent. of the voting power of the other company. 2002 Borneo Post 18 Nov. 22/4 The Indonesian Forest Ministry had revoked a plantation operation licence awarded to PT Surya Hutani Jaya (SHJ), a subsidiary company of PT Sumalindo Lestari Jaya Tbk (SULI). subsidiary goal n. Polo (now historical) (chiefly in India) a goal scored when the ball crosses the line within a designated distance of either goalpost; the area where the ball must cross to score such a goal. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > subsidiary goal subsidiary goal1892 subsidiary1900 1892 Colonies & India 24 Sept. 12/1 He is willing that the proposed subsidiary goals shall be marked on the ground, instead of by posts. 1900 North-China Herald 10 Oct. 764/2 The visitors showed the residents how to play the game, beating them by 4 goals and 2 subsidiaries to 1 subsidiary goal. 2010 T. Mason & E. Riedi Sport & Mil. ii. 58 Drawn games were decided by ‘subsidiary goals’ (near misses, in effect) to avoid dangerous scrimmages at the end of hard-fought matches. C2. Compounds of the noun. subsidiary treaty n. a treaty which is dependent on a subsidy or subsidies (cf. treaty of subsidy n. at subsidy n. Phrases, subsidy treaty n. at subsidy n. Compounds 1b). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > treaty > treaty depending on subsidies subsidy treaty1731 treaty of subsidy1737 subsidiary treaty1739 1739 View Polit. Trans. Great-Brit. 3 One Measure was still wanting to make this Alliance more complete... This Measure was the concluding a subsidiary treaty with Denmark.__ 1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1840) III. 158 All the world revolted against subsidiary treaties. 1854 Times 28 Mar. 8/4 We have seen too much of the effects of protectorates and subsidiary treaties in India. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 453/2 Lord Wellesley introduced that system of subsidiary treaties which has played so important a part in the expansion of British dominion. 2008 Canberra Times (Nexis) 12 July b2 Later subsidiary treaties provided for measures to conserve Antarctic flora and fauna. 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