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subsidiary

subsidiary

64 5.9
A company controlled by another company, often owned by a larger firm
  • noun
  • /səbˈsɪdiˌɛri/
  • Specialized
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  • As a subsidiary of a larger tech giant, the startup benefits from additional resources and expertise.
  • owned subsidiary
  • foreign subsidiaries
  • a subsidiary company

Investors in the for profit subsidiary were amusingly warned when investing.

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Examples

  • And so he goes to a job fair and he gets recruited by, at the time, a subsidiary of MetLife to become a financial advisor.

  • 'There are now six subsidiaries under the holding company.

  • You have a global network and then you have subsidiary networks in each country.

  • We acquired him just last year from a subsidiary corporation.

  • Of course, all of the net income of the subsidiary would continue to be returned to the Treasury.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In 1998, Shell established Shell Hydrogen, a subsidiary dedicated to finding new energy solutions.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Ultimately, the agency awarded the contract to Exelis, a wholly owned Danish subsidiary of a U.S. company.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Standing Wave Transportation, incorporated in Delaware, is a subsidiary of Transport Systems, Ltd., a British corporation.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Vauxhall, General Motors' existing car-making subsidiary in this country...

  • And you were in Iraq and I was in Iraq and everything there was KBR, which is a subsidiary of Halliburton.

Synonyms

subsidiary company
vssubsidiary
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A business that a larger company owns and controls

refers to any controlled entity, including non-company things, not only owned companies

Compounds

subsidiary company
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A business that a larger company owns and controls

subsidiary ledger
  • Specialized
7.4

A record that shows individual transactions for one main account, like customers' balances

How Dependent

division
358 3.2
subsidiary
  • Specialized
64 5.9
affiliate
117 4.1
independent
360 2.8

Surface Forms

subsidiary singular
subsidiaries plural

Etymology

The word subsidiary comes from the Latin subsidium 'help', made from sub- 'under' and a root meaning 'to sit', which gives the image of something placed 'under' to support another. It is the same root as subsidy 'support', so a subsidiary company is one that sits 'under' and helps or is controlled by a larger company.