English-Thai Dictionary

subsidiary

ADJ เป็นรอง  สำคัญ น้อยกว่า  minor subordinate pen-rong

 

subsidiary

ADJ เสริม ให้ สมบูรณ์  เป็นตัว เสริม  เป็นตัว ช่วย  auxiliary supplementary soem-hai-som-buan

 

subsidiary

N คน หรือ สิ่ง ที่ เป็นตัว เสริม  ตัว รอง  assistant subordinate kon-rue-sing-ti-pen-tua-soem

 

subsidiary

N บริษัท สาขา  สำนักงานสาขา  affiliate branch bo-ri-sad-sa-ka

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBSIDIARY

a.[L. subsidiarius. See Subsidy. ] 1. Aiding; assistant; furnishing help. Subsidiary troops are troops of one nation hired by another for military service.
2. Furnishing additional supplies; as a subsidiary stream.

 

SUBSIDIARY

n.An assistant; an auxiliary; he or that which contributes aid or additional supplies.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUBSIDIARY

Sub *sid "i *a *ry, a. Etym: [L. subsidiarius: cf. F. subsidiaire. See Subsidy. ]

 

1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream. Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary. Florio. They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence. Coleridge.

 

2. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally. George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties. Ld. Mahon.

 

SUBSIDIARY

Sub *sid "i *a *ry, n.; pl. Subsidiaries (.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. Hammond.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

subsidiary

sub sid i ar y |səbˈsidēˌerē səbˈsɪdiˌɛri | ▶adjective less important than but related or supplementary to: many environmentalists argue that the cause of animal rights is subsidiary to that of protecting the environment. • (of a company ) controlled by a holding or parent company. ▶noun ( pl. subsidiaries ) a company controlled by a holding company. • rare a thing that is of lesser importance than but related to something else. DERIVATIVES sub sid i ar i ly |-ˌsidēˈe (ə )rəlē |adverb ( rare )ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘serving to help or supplement ’): from Latin subsidiarius, from subsidium ‘support, assistance ’ (see subsidy ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

subsidiary

sub |sid ¦iary |səbˈsɪdɪəri | ▶adjective less important than but related or supplementary to something: a subsidiary flue of the main chimney | many argue that the cause of animal rights is subsidiary to that of protecting the environment. • (of a company ) controlled by a holding or parent company. ▶noun ( pl. subsidiaries ) a company controlled by a holding company. DERIVATIVES subsidiarily adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘serving to help or supplement ’): from Latin subsidiarius, from subsidium ‘support, assistance ’ (see subsidy ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

subsidiary

subsidiary adjective a subsidiary company: subordinate, secondary, ancillary, auxiliary, subservient, supplementary, peripheral. ANTONYMS principal. ▶noun two major subsidiaries: subordinate company, branch, branch plant, division, subdivision, derivative, subset, offshoot.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

subsidiary

subsidiary adjective a subsidiary company | monetary policy should be subsidiary to fiscal policy: subordinate, secondary, ancillary, auxiliary, lesser, minor, subservient, supplementary, supplemental, additional, extra, attendant, peripheral; second-fiddle, second-class, lower-level, lower-grade. ANTONYMS central, principal, major. ▶noun he is a director of the company's two major subsidiaries: subordinate company, wholly owned company; branch, division, subdivision, section, part, dependency, peripheral, derivative, satellite, offshoot, wing, attachment, adjunct, appendage; archaic tributary. ANTONYMS parent company.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

subsidiary

sub sid i ar y /səbsɪ́dièri |-diəri /名詞 複 -ies C 1 子会社 .2 補助する人 [物 ].形容詞 1 親会社に所属する, 子会社の .2 副次 [補助 ]的な, 派生的な, 第2の (secondary ).3 支援的な, 援助の .