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sub·sid·i·ar·y  audio  (sb-sd-r) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary.
  2. Secondary in importance; subordinate.
  3. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a subsidy.
NOUN:
pl. sub·sid·i·ar·ies
  1. One that is subsidiary to another.
  2. A subsidiary company.
  3. Music A theme subordinate to a main theme or subject.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin subsidirius, from subsidium, support ; see subsidy

OTHER FORMS:
sub·sidi·ari·ly  (-âr-l) KEY (Adverb)


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