subsidiary
Less important than the main thing, but still related to it and helping it.
Less important than, but closely connected with and supporting, something more central or main.
A company that belongs to another, bigger company, which can control what it does.
A company that is owned or controlled by another, usually larger, company.
Used to talk about a business, office, or activity that belongs to another, bigger company.
Describing a business unit, office, or operation that is owned or controlled by a parent company as a subsidiary.
A thing that is not the main thing, but helps it or is extra to it.
Something that is less important than another thing but supports or is additional to it.
- Base: subsidiary
- Base: subsidiary
- Plural: subsidiaries
foreign subsidiary
1subsidiary in another country
A company in another country that is owned or controlled by a parent company.
- Tax changes will affect all of the corporation’s foreign subsidiaries.
- The firm uses its foreign subsidiary to serve customers in Asia.
- Profits from the foreign subsidiary are subject to local regulations.
overseas subsidiary
1subsidiary based abroad
A company in another country that is owned by a parent company in your country.
- The manufacturer plans to open an overseas subsidiary in Vietnam.
- Most of their growth now comes from overseas subsidiaries.
- The report lists all overseas subsidiaries and joint ventures.
subsidiary body
1organization under a main organization
A group or committee that is under the control of a larger main organization and helps it with part of its work.
- The United Nations has several subsidiary bodies to handle specialized issues.
- A new subsidiary body was created to oversee environmental standards.
- Reports from subsidiary bodies are submitted to the main council each year.
subsidiary company
1company that is a subsidiary
A company that is owned or controlled by another company.
- The group owns several subsidiary companies across Europe.
- Profits from the subsidiary company are reported separately from the parent’s main operations.
- They set up a subsidiary company to manage their real estate assets.
subsidiary legislation
1laws made under main law
Legal rules made by a person or body under powers given by a main law, not by the main parliament itself.
- Details of the new tax rules will be set out in subsidiary legislation.
- The court found that the subsidiary legislation went beyond the powers of the main Act.
- Subsidiary legislation allows governments to update technical rules more quickly.
subsidiary question
1secondary or follow-up question
A smaller or less important question that comes from a bigger main question.
- This raises a subsidiary question about who should pay for the damage.
- The committee focused on the main issue and dealt with subsidiary questions later.
- Once the main policy is agreed, subsidiary questions can be settled more easily.
wholly owned subsidiary
1company fully owned by another
A company that belongs 100% to another company.
- The firm operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of a large multinational.
- They acquired the business and turned it into a wholly owned subsidiary.
wholly owned subsidiary
2subsidiary 100% owned by parent
A company that is completely (100%) owned by one other company.
- The airline operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of the national carrier.
- They converted the joint venture into a wholly owned subsidiary after buying the remaining shares.
- The tech giant runs the start-up as a wholly owned subsidiary to test new products.