I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a subsidiary company (= owned or controlled by a larger company )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
foreign
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As a result, they suffer the full rate of withholding tax on dividends from foreign subsidiaries .
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By 1986, almost 75 percent of Virgin's overall business would be generated by its foreign subsidiaries .
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As a result, a number of multi-national companies have emerged which control a large number of foreign subsidiaries .
new
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A new San Jose-based subsidiary of the huge company has begun shipping its first products: notebook computers aimed at business users.
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In addition Fujitsu has created an average of five new software subsidiaries annually for the past three years.
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Mr Gluckstern is about to manage a new subsidiary , Zurich Reinsurance Centre.
overseas
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Product sales generated £31.1m up from £30.1m in 1991, some 58% of which came from overseas subsidiaries .
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The results of overseas subsidiaries are translated into sterling at average rates for the year.
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On consolidation, the assets and liabilities of overseas subsidiary and associated undertakings are translated at the completion rate of exchange.
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Parent company guarantees Joining an overseas subsidiary , for example, carries potential risks.
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All of Johnson Matthey's money borrowings are in foreign currency to finance the groups overseas subsidiaries .
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Timing Employee selection should not be rushed merely because the overseas subsidiary demands a person in the vacant job straight away.
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Disclosure is not required for non-audit services supplied to subsidiaries not audited by the parent company's auditor and to overseas subsidiaries.
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By 1966, 20 percent of their total sales was accounted for by overseas subsidiaries .
■ VERB
become
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In 1969, Lechmere merged with Dayton Corp., becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the giant Minneapolis-based retailer.
create
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Tampa General Hospital created a subsidiary to combat infant mortality.
operate
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The terms of the deal values the two companies at £5m, and they will operate as subsidiaries from their present locations.
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Name's style and independence will be retained and it will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary .
own
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It owns three subsidiaries: Charles Farris, which makes enormous church candles that sell for about £35 each.
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In 1969, Lechmere merged with Dayton Corp., becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the giant Minneapolis-based retailer.
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A wholly owned subsidiary is one in which the parent owns 100 percent of the voting stock of the subsidiary.
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Many wholly owned subsidiaries are originally founded by the parent for some special purpose.
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Pratt &038; Lambert is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Sherwin-Williams, a paint and varnish maker.
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Monster Motorsports will remain a wholly owned subsidiary .
sell
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Who should the Minister sell off the subsidiaries ?
set
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There may.be a need to decentralize and set up semi-autonomous subsidiaries or affiliates.
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Co., and Salomon Brothers Inc. have set up similar subsidiaries .
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All the majors and two of the mini-majors set up production subsidiaries in London.
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So they often set up subsidiaries , which earned maintenance revenues on the back of mainstream hardware sales.
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To achieve a lower after-tax cash flow as early as possible, lessors normally set up leasing subsidiaries with different year ends.
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Typically, technology innovators emphasise exports as the initial route for expansion and set up local sales subsidiaries to ensure proper control.
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Alternatively they can seek to avoid the protective wall by setting up subsidiaries and branches within the Community.
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The costs of setting up a manufacturing subsidiary might be prohibitive or the foreign country might be politically unstable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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InterHarvest is a subsidiary of United Brands.
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Relco plans to establish a subsidiary company in the UK with a capital of around $4m.
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Sharp Electronics is the U.S. subsidiary of Japan's Sharp Corporation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Buying back the subsidiary will cost the last twelve months in sales times a factor of 0.75 to 1.5.
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Lowe is part of the Lowe Group, one of the three large subsidiaries of Interpublic.
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The subsidiary has 50 offices around the country.
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The stated intention of the Eleventh Directive is to harmonise the laws relating to subsidiaries and branches.
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Under our law, a subsidiary can go bankrupt and normally the parent company will not be liable for its debts.
II. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
company
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Some 600 of the workforce will transfer to the subsidiary company .
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Other leading drug wholesalers in Britain also surreptitiously buy cheap imports using specially-established subsidiary companies .
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Direct methods included subsidiary companies , joint ventures and direct selling.
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Turnover has to be calculated by adding together the respective turnovers of all parent and subsidiary companies .
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Trading results and cash flows of overseas subsidiary companies are translated into sterling at average rates.
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Parent companies have no legal responsibilities to the creditors of their subsidiary companies unless they have signed guarantees to that effect.
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The ships come into it because they Produce profits for the group - the only subsidiary company which does.
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The impression that post-war production was almost totally dominated by Rank and his subsidiary companies is largely accurate.
information
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Page One is for who you are, and what you have done-Page Two for subsidiary information .
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Many computers have a further field in the instruction, to specify subsidiary information required by an operation.
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Is the condition encoded in the operation code or in a subsidiary information field?
undertaking
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The following are the principal differences: Relevant subsidiary undertakings joining the group are accounted for on the acquisition basis.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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If you take the English literature course, you can do linguistics as a subsidiary subject.
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The formulation of a lasting peace settlement was the main objective, and everything else was seen as subsidiary to it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All subsidiary companies are 100 percent owned.
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Incidentally women may be mentioned, in prayers or as subsidiary figures in readings.
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It was also used as the finish for small or irregularly shaped subsidiary roofs over bays and porches, etc.
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Philips plans to ship players, under both its Philips and subsidiary Magnavox labels, late this year.
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Some 600 of the workforce will transfer to the subsidiary company.
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The J. B., etc. was one of Mr. Bonanza's little subsidiary concerns.
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Your seven ideas should be subsidiary ones to the main theme you are trying to communicate.