Subsidiary
adjective
1.
serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
2.
subordinate or secondary:
subsidiary issues.
3.
of or relating to a subsidiary.
noun, plural subsidiaries.
4.
a subsidiary thing or person.
5.
subsidiary company.
6.
Music. a subordinate theme or subject.
adjective
1.
serving to aid or supplement; auxiliary
2.
of lesser importance; subordinate in function
noun (pl) -aries
3.
a person who or thing that is subsidiary
4.
short for subsidiary company
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