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DictionaryRoot: -arius
Latin

-arius

connected with; a person concerned with

Forms

  • -arius
  • -ary — The ending shortened in French and English.
  • -aire — One French development of the ending.

Origin

A Latin ending for relationships, occupations, and associated things.

Note

Its descendants can name a person, a place, or a quality; the surrounding word determines the contribution.

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noun

subsidiary

sub-SID-ee-air-ee/sʌbsˈɪdiˌɛri/

A company controlled by another company.

The company operates a subsidiary that makes batteries for electric cars.

A separately branded operating company under another company's majority ownership: its executive reports to the parent-company executive, who holds a majority-share certificate bearing the operating company's emblem.
Etymology
subsidiLatinaid, troops in reserve
+aryLatinconnected with; a person concerned with

The base subsidium meant aid or reserve troops, and subsidiary first described something kept ready to assist. In the business sense, it names a company subordinate to a controlling parent.

In context

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they only care about the part of the subsidiary you actually own they don't care about the part you don't own so they're only going to value your company as if you own 75 of the sub
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More examples

  • The bank sells its insurance subsidiary to another financial group.
  • Our overseas subsidiaries must follow local tax laws.
  • Even as a wholly owned subsidiary, the company keeps its original name.

Forms

subsidiary · subsidiaries

Similar words

affiliate
A connected company, not necessarily controlled by the other company.
division
An internal business unit rather than a separate controlled company.