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单词 subsidiary
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Definition of subsidiary in English:

subsidiary

adjective səbˈsɪdɪərisəbˈsɪdiˌɛri
  • 1Less important than but related or supplementary to something.

    a subsidiary flue of the main chimney
    many argue that the cause of animal rights is subsidiary to that of protecting the environment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, it was incidental or subsidiary to the primary purpose of the journey, which he held for each man was to go to the football match in Bolton.
    • But on any view of the allegations, taken at their highest, the role of the second applicant is regarded as significantly subsidiary to that of the first.
    • The goals of healthcare policy are in danger of becoming subsidiary to those of the pharmaceutical industry.
    • All other human faculties or needs are made subsidiary to this power.
    • It is in these circumstances that state responsibility retains an important subsidiary role.
    • Everything else is subsidiary to maximising the retirement income of Australians.
    • She even accepted that her existence as Sarah, whilst remaining valid, was subsidiary to that task.
    • But these pleasures are subsidiary to those afforded by James's sensibility, which transforms the squalor and pettiness of crime into the grandeur of desolation.
    • In this exhibition the parts are subsidiary to the whole - you aren't expected so much to stop and reflect on each work; each work is instead an example of a broader theme.
    • Aborigines and other non-European Australians are subsidiary to Ward's analysis.
    • Programming is subsidiary to the advertisements that pay for it.
    • At the same time, he performed an important subsidiary function by carrying news of Jewish affairs to widely separated Jewish communities.
    • However, in most situations the effects of soil are subsidiary to those of climate, vine variety, and vine management.
    • Roads serving these centres were subsidiary to the main network.
    • For the continental fossil record, such parameters and their evolution through time cannot be seen as a simple linear series of factors subsidiary to sea-level changes.
    • Yet such details are always subsidiary to the sensual and emotional lives of her strong female characters.
    • It is an associated issue, which is clearly subsidiary to the main point that is raised in relation to the relationship evidence.
    • It is sort of subsidiary to the question of probability.
    • For them, a person's right to life is clearly subsidiary to the maintenance of judicial power and the idea of procedural justice.
    • New York Life reorganised all its investment management business operations under a separate subsidiary to integrate all related functions within its group.
    Synonyms
    subordinate, secondary, ancillary, auxiliary, lesser, minor, subservient, supplementary, supplemental, additional, extra, attendant, peripheral
    second-fiddle, second-class, lower-level, lower-grade
    1. 1.1 (of a company) controlled by a holding or parent company.
      all the firm's subsidiary companies have to operate under broad general guidelines
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A third priority amendment centers on eliminating cross-shareholding between parent and subsidiary companies.
      • Company Reports are available for both parent companies and subsidiary companies.
      • Many of the companies doing business in the Bahamas are connected to parent, partner or subsidiary companies that trade on the US exchanges.
      • It may be that they will have to offer a combination of both types of options to employees at both parent and subsidiary companies.
      • The IAS definition of related parties includes parent and subsidiary companies as well as individuals who exercise control over a company and members of their families.
nounPlural subsidiaries səbˈsɪdɪərisəbˈsɪdiˌɛri
  • 1A company controlled by a holding company.

    a subsidiary of Cable and Wireless
    the firm's Spanish subsidiary
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The United States now imposes certain firewalls on bank holding companies and their subsidiaries.
    • Bank of Ireland is one of Elan's principal bankers and its broking subsidiary, J & E Davy, is the company's broker.
    • These individuals are usually not recruited on the open market but are sent from subcontractors and subsidiaries.
    • The machinery at main branch on Cairo road was swept away by bailiffs to recover money owed to Luscold, a subsidiary of the Galaun holdings.
    • In the case of subsidiaries of large corporations, the holding company may require its subsidiaries to obtain its purchases from within the group.
    • In recent years, the Fiat group has been making large investments in Maserati, which it controls through its Ferrari subsidiary.
    • The lands at Balgaddy are owned by Everglade Properties, a subsidiary of Treasury Holdings.
    • Exports of joint ventures or subsidiaries of overseas companies are also on the rise.
    • Multiline Agencies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Multiline Holdings.
    • Hilton's management agreement is with Walls Leisure Limited, a subsidiary of PJ Walls Holdings.
    • This is intended to garner tax from foreign subsidiaries of the holding company domiciled in their respective countries.
    • Hedlund's model involves the extreme extension of operating autonomy to business units in a group whether they are branch offices or subsidiaries.
    • The figures were supplied to The Sunday Business Post by Bupa, the Irish subsidiary of British health insurer Bupa.
    • The group is the UK subsidiary of McInerney Holdings plc which was established in Ireland in 1909.
    • As a result of the reorganization, Pegasus Satellite will become a direct subsidiary of the new holding company.
    • According to Fortune, about 88 per cent of the operation was bought by the holding company through a Dutch subsidiary.
    • It has 14 stores and is a subsidiary of Grafton Group plc.
    • Most public companies have a holding company and subsidiaries.
    • These are the interests of minority shareholders in subsidiaries of the group.
    • The Czech scientists allowed the licenses to be transferred to Alpenstock Holdings, a subsidiary of Alltracel.
    Synonyms
    subordinate company, wholly owned company
    branch, division, subdivision, section, part, dependency, peripheral, derivative, satellite, offshoot, wing, attachment, adjunct, appendage
    archaic tributary
    1. 1.1rare A thing that is of lesser importance than but related to something else.
      Mozart follows his first theme by a crowd of subsidiaries

Derivatives

  • subsidiarily

  • adverb səbˈsɪdɪərɪlisəbˌsɪdiˈɛrəli
    • Buyer also stated that its set-off claim is based not only on alleged breach of contract by Seller but subsidiarily also on alleged breach of the rules of fair competition.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Furthermore, the owner of the land where the unloading has taken place or the holder of the affected public lands is also subsidiarily responsible.
      • While you were pounding the nail in the wall you remained subsidiarily aware of your surroundings while maintaining focal awareness on your task.
      • We are subsidiarily aware of the marginal elements, with a bearing on that which is focally known.
      • All these requisites present, the employer becomes ipso facto subsidiarily liable upon the employee's conviction and upon proof of the latter's insolvency.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense 'serving to help or supplement'): from Latin subsidiarius, from subsidium 'support, assistance' (see subsidy).

 
 

Definition of subsidiary in US English:

subsidiary

adjectivesəbˈsidēˌerēsəbˈsɪdiˌɛri
  • 1Less important than but related or supplementary to something.

    many environmentalists argue that the cause of animal rights is subsidiary to that of protecting the environment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The goals of healthcare policy are in danger of becoming subsidiary to those of the pharmaceutical industry.
    • Roads serving these centres were subsidiary to the main network.
    • It is in these circumstances that state responsibility retains an important subsidiary role.
    • Everything else is subsidiary to maximising the retirement income of Australians.
    • For them, a person's right to life is clearly subsidiary to the maintenance of judicial power and the idea of procedural justice.
    • For the continental fossil record, such parameters and their evolution through time cannot be seen as a simple linear series of factors subsidiary to sea-level changes.
    • Programming is subsidiary to the advertisements that pay for it.
    • However, in most situations the effects of soil are subsidiary to those of climate, vine variety, and vine management.
    • Yet such details are always subsidiary to the sensual and emotional lives of her strong female characters.
    • But these pleasures are subsidiary to those afforded by James's sensibility, which transforms the squalor and pettiness of crime into the grandeur of desolation.
    • All other human faculties or needs are made subsidiary to this power.
    • In this exhibition the parts are subsidiary to the whole - you aren't expected so much to stop and reflect on each work; each work is instead an example of a broader theme.
    • But on any view of the allegations, taken at their highest, the role of the second applicant is regarded as significantly subsidiary to that of the first.
    • New York Life reorganised all its investment management business operations under a separate subsidiary to integrate all related functions within its group.
    • It is an associated issue, which is clearly subsidiary to the main point that is raised in relation to the relationship evidence.
    • However, it was incidental or subsidiary to the primary purpose of the journey, which he held for each man was to go to the football match in Bolton.
    • At the same time, he performed an important subsidiary function by carrying news of Jewish affairs to widely separated Jewish communities.
    • It is sort of subsidiary to the question of probability.
    • She even accepted that her existence as Sarah, whilst remaining valid, was subsidiary to that task.
    • Aborigines and other non-European Australians are subsidiary to Ward's analysis.
    Synonyms
    subordinate, secondary, ancillary, auxiliary, lesser, minor, subservient, supplementary, supplemental, additional, extra, attendant, peripheral
    1. 1.1 (of a company) controlled by a holding or parent company.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Company Reports are available for both parent companies and subsidiary companies.
      • A third priority amendment centers on eliminating cross-shareholding between parent and subsidiary companies.
      • It may be that they will have to offer a combination of both types of options to employees at both parent and subsidiary companies.
      • The IAS definition of related parties includes parent and subsidiary companies as well as individuals who exercise control over a company and members of their families.
      • Many of the companies doing business in the Bahamas are connected to parent, partner or subsidiary companies that trade on the US exchanges.
nounsəbˈsidēˌerēsəbˈsɪdiˌɛri
  • 1A company controlled by a holding company.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These are the interests of minority shareholders in subsidiaries of the group.
    • According to Fortune, about 88 per cent of the operation was bought by the holding company through a Dutch subsidiary.
    • Most public companies have a holding company and subsidiaries.
    • Bank of Ireland is one of Elan's principal bankers and its broking subsidiary, J & E Davy, is the company's broker.
    • The figures were supplied to The Sunday Business Post by Bupa, the Irish subsidiary of British health insurer Bupa.
    • Exports of joint ventures or subsidiaries of overseas companies are also on the rise.
    • The lands at Balgaddy are owned by Everglade Properties, a subsidiary of Treasury Holdings.
    • It has 14 stores and is a subsidiary of Grafton Group plc.
    • The group is the UK subsidiary of McInerney Holdings plc which was established in Ireland in 1909.
    • Hedlund's model involves the extreme extension of operating autonomy to business units in a group whether they are branch offices or subsidiaries.
    • In the case of subsidiaries of large corporations, the holding company may require its subsidiaries to obtain its purchases from within the group.
    • Multiline Agencies is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Multiline Holdings.
    • These individuals are usually not recruited on the open market but are sent from subcontractors and subsidiaries.
    • This is intended to garner tax from foreign subsidiaries of the holding company domiciled in their respective countries.
    • Hilton's management agreement is with Walls Leisure Limited, a subsidiary of PJ Walls Holdings.
    • The machinery at main branch on Cairo road was swept away by bailiffs to recover money owed to Luscold, a subsidiary of the Galaun holdings.
    • The United States now imposes certain firewalls on bank holding companies and their subsidiaries.
    • As a result of the reorganization, Pegasus Satellite will become a direct subsidiary of the new holding company.
    • The Czech scientists allowed the licenses to be transferred to Alpenstock Holdings, a subsidiary of Alltracel.
    • In recent years, the Fiat group has been making large investments in Maserati, which it controls through its Ferrari subsidiary.
    Synonyms
    subordinate company, wholly owned company
    1. 1.1rare A thing that is of lesser importance than but related to something else.
      Mozart follows his first theme by a crowd of subsidiaries

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘serving to help or supplement’): from Latin subsidiarius, from subsidium ‘support, assistance’ (see subsidy).

 
 
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