transcription, транскрипция: [ səbsɪdiəri, AM -dieri ]
( subsidiaries)
1.
A subsidiary or a subsidiary company is a company which is part of a larger and more important company. ( BUSINESS )
...British Asia Airways, a subsidiary of British Airways.
N-COUNT : oft N of n , N n
2.
If something is subsidiary , it is less important than something else with which it is connected.
The economics ministry has increasingly played a subsidiary role to the finance ministry.
= secondary
ADJ