subsidiaryadjective
uk/səbˈsɪd.i.ə.ri/us/səbˈsɪd.i.er.i/used to refer to something less important than something else with which it is connected:
a subsidiary role/factor
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Of little or less importance
- be in/under sb's shadow idiom
- be neither here nor there idiom
- be no big deal idiom
- biggie
- derisory
- fringe
- inferior
- merely
- minor
- miss
- mouldy
- need
- peripheral
- petty
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- sideshow
- small-time
- stay
- subordinate
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subsidiarynoun [ C ]
uk/səbˈsɪd.i.ə.ri/us/səbˈsɪd.i.er.i/a company that is owned by a larger company
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Mergers & acquisitions
- absorb
- acquisitive
- amalgamation
- buy into sth
- buy sb out
- buyout
- hive
- hive sth off
- leverage
- merger
- monopolize
- monopoly
- oligopoly
- spin
- spin sth off
- suitor
- syndicate
- take (sth) over
- takeover
- white knight
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