subsidiaryadj.n.
/səbˈsɪdɪəri/, U.S. /səbˈsɪdiˌɛri/ A. adj.
1.
a. That provides assistance; supplementary.
(a) Without construction. Chiefly of a thing: that serves to help, assist, or supplement; providing assistance or supplementary supplies; (also) auxiliary, tributary, supplementary.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > auxiliary or subsidiary
subsidiary1543
contributary1567
serving1567
auxiliar1583
contributory1594
auxiliatory1599
auxiliary1605
subministering1606
subserving1621
auxilianta1631
inservient1646
adminiculary1653
adminicular1660
accessorial1726
secondary1751
tributary1764
contributive1793
1543 G. Joye George Ioye confuteth Winchesters Articles f. ij Iustified by thonelye faith in him, and by nothing els as by any subsydiary attaynment..vnto this full iustificacion in christe.
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Subsidiarie, that is giuen or sent to aide another.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 57 In these subsidiary gods, these occasional gods, there could be no Omnipotence, no Almightinesse.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 64/1 A Suffragan Bishop, or Subsidiary Bishop.
1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments vi. 106 Howsoever they [sc. bitter Substances] may be acceptable to some one Part, that is..that they are a Sort of subsidiary Gall.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. iii. 545 [A sinking fund] is a subsidiary fund always at hand to be mortgaged in aid of any other doubtful fund. View more context for this quotation
1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 154 The decrements on these last faces are considered as subsidiary, to favour the action of the principal decrement.
1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic v. 110 The inflammation..of the ignited gas will be sustained by these four subsidiary flames.
1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 211 We must mention the development of printing and the subsidiary art of paper-making.
1903 Daily Chron. 26 Oct. 3/5 Bishop Subsidiary of Caerleon.
1952 M. Pei Story of Lang. i. ix. 93 English makes use of no subsidiary characters, save for the apostrophe. Many other languages use accent-marks, umlauts, cedillas.
1994 S. P. Somtow Jasmine Nights (1995) xxix. 213 The main trunk is rumoured to be a century old, and there are many subsidiary trunks.
(b) With to.
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1635 D. Person Varieties iii. 164 He refuseth such prayers to have beene subsidiary or helpfull to them, but rather congratulatorie, for that they were released from all their miseries.
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 398 The Commoners of England being landed, are so subsidiary to their Princes and Laws in all kindes of aide and duty.
1679 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) To Rdr. sig. A3 An infinity of solitary, and loose Experiments subsidiary to it.
a1740 D. Waterland Inquiry Communion in Wks. (1823) IX. 507 As soon as Baptism became impaired, the Use of the Eucharist ought to come in as subsidiary, or supplemental to it.
1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. i. 11 It [sc. life] will frequently languish even in the hands of the busy, if they have not some employment subsidiary to that which forms their main pursuit.
1847 J. Keble Serm. Academical & Occas. viii. 200 A system of tradition, subsidiary to the Scriptures, might yet exist in the commonwealth or city of God.
1874 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 675 No ritual is too much, provided it is subsidiary to the inner work of worship.
1920 Times 4 Aug. 12/2 Instructive lectures form part of the camp routine, but these are subsidiary to the real work of the day.
1992 M. Aston Interpreting Landscape (BNC) 34 Some estates were centred on a head manor, and all other estates on the settlement were subsidiary to it.
b. Of a river, stream, or other effluence: tributary. Similarly of a valley, etc.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [adjective]
contributary1567
tributarya1616
subsidiary1628
the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [adjective] > other types
subsidiary1826
V-shaped1835
diaclinal1874
anaclinal1875
antecedent1875
cataclinal1875
consequent1875
superimposed1875
epigenetic1888
subsequent1889
insequent1897
oversteepened1900
re-entrant1901
1628 H. Burton Israels Fast 32 Our Ioshua shall be honoured with subsidiary streames of loue & duty, flowing from the hearts of the best subiects in the World.
1761 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 6) IV. i. 8 [The river Clyde] moves majestically on, till it absorbs also the River Levin,..and thus swelled with subsidiary Streams,..its joins its Waters to those of the Sea.
1826 J. B. Fraser Trav. & Adventures Persian Provinces 292 Our road lay across the valley for some miles, and then slanted upwards along the side of a small subsidiary glen.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. i. 101 All manner of subsidiary streams and brooks of bitterness flowing in.
1877 Pop. Sci. Nov. 16 The pretensions of even ample subsidiary streams are merged in our admiration of the master-flood.
1914 Sir J. French Disp. 8 Oct. in Times 19 Oct. 9/6 The general plateau on the south is divided by a subsidiary valley of much the same character, down which the small River Vesle flows to the main stream.
1976 Backpacker Oct. 64/3 Looking north, a hiker sees..the Great Gulf, which once held a tongue of ice six miles long fed by several subsidiary glaciers.
2003 M. Zuehlke Gothic Line iii. 55 On July 12, Mallory Major—an air operation intended to destroy all key bridges crossing the Po and subsidiary rivers—was launched.
c. Mathematics. Of an angle, symbol, quantity, etc.: introduced into a problem solely in order to aid its solution.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [adjective]
digitalc1450
subsidiary1806
symbolical1830
symbolic1846
notational1865
1806 T. Leybourn tr. J. L. Lagrange in New Series Math. Repository I. iii. 14 It does not appear that this equation can be resolved directly into factors, so as to admit of the application of logarithms; it may, however, be done by means of a subsidiary angle.
1857 B. Price Treat. Infinitesimal Calculus (ed. 2) I. iii. 184 It is convenient in this example to introduce a subsidiary quantity ρ.
1890 W. W. Rouse Ball Elem. Algebra xix. 240 If we put x² + 2x in a bracket, and treat it like a separate symbol, we need not introduce y; but the beginner will probably find it easier to use a subsidiary symbol.
1945 Math. Gaz. 29 118 The analytical result..can be simplified by introducing a subsidiary angle ϕ defined by the equation tan ϕ = (d/p) cot θ.
2002 K. W. Jenkins Teach Yourself Algebra Electronic Circuits v. 84 ϕ is the subsidiary angle as previously described.
2. Subordinate, secondary.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > low or subordinate
wokec897
lessOE
lesserc1225
secondary1386
lowerc1390
subalternate?a1425
subsidiary1603
pedaneous1617
subordinate1620
undergraduate1655
subdominant1826
unlofty1869
lower case1917
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective] > subsidiary
back1535
subsidiary1603
subsidary1628
parhedral1884
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. lvi. 175 She [sc. Divinity] ought to be chiefe ruler..and not suffragant and subsidiarie [Fr. subsidiaire].
1783 Ann. Reg. 1781 Nat. Hist. 78/2 The two first therefore are no more than subsidiary sciences, which conduct us to the last, as the proper great object.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. x. 100/2 The others are only subsidiary species, or slight varieties.
1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 68 When any system of waves meets with an obstacle, subsidiary systems of undulation will be formed.
1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ix. 166 Its legion of subsidiary dialectic forms.
1925 Rotarian Apr. 13/1 This involved much traversing of unknown glaciers and climbing of subsidiary peaks.
1978 R. V. Jones Most Secret War (1979) II. xliii. 509 The radar was only a subsidiary target instead of being the main one.
2003 N.Y. Times 24 Aug. ii. 4/2 Stage directors... mount productions of classics in ways the writers would never recognize..sometimes relegating text to a subsidiary position.
3.
a. Consisting of a subsidy or subsidies.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [adjective]
subsidiary1608
1608 A. Willet Hexapla in Exodum Ded. 1 That honourable assemblie hath..presented to your Maiestie a subsidiarie beneuolence.
1640 J. Culpepper in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 34 As soon as the House was setled, a Subsidiary Aid and Supply was propounded.
1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces viii. 250 Holland had ever defended it self against Spain..by agreeing with that Crown, to furnish between them some constant Subsidiary Payments to Sweden.
1795 F. Plowden Short. Hist. Brit. Empire 1794 viii. 214 Mr. Pitt..asserted in the House of Commons, that his Prussian Majesty had properly co-operated with his subsidised troops up to September, when he thought proper to withhold the subsidiary payments!
1868 W. L. Stone tr. M. von Eelking Mem. Major Gen. Riedesel I. 22 We do not deny that this fund was augmented by the English subsidiary money.
1969 R. F. Salisbury in I. R. Buchler & H. G. Nutini Game Theory in Behavioral Sci. iv. 90 These rights are purchased in the marriage ritual by the subsidiary payments to the bride's clan relatives.
2006 S. D. Roper & L. A. Barria Designing Criminal Tribunals iii. 45 The UN has offered a subsidiary grant to compensate for the £85 million.
b. Maintained or retained by subsidies.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] > maintained or retained by subsidies
subsidiary1658
subsidial1698
aided1832
grant-aided1927
1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 88 Abbot Marsilane furnishes a fresh subsidiary Navy, under command of Valine.
1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli Prince xiii, in tr. N. Machiavelli Wks. 217 His subsidiary Troops being broken at Ravenna,..beyond all expectation he escaped being a Prisoner to his Enemies, because they also were defeated.
1741 Scots Mag. Feb. 73/2 We have a great number of foreign subsidiary troops, which are or ought always to be ready to march whenever his Majesty may please to command them.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Subsidiary Troops, troops of one nation assisting those of another for a given sum or subsidy.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. iii. 134 Both the British countries were in some measure subsidiary and protected states.
1900 C. A. Hanna Hist. Coll. Harrison County iii. 37 These German subsidiary troops were bought..in large numbers. They cost George III. the sum of $8.–100000.
1974 J. Roselli Sir William Bentinck ii. iii. 123 In Mysore, already a subsidiary State, he removed the British commanding officer at Bangalore for having arbitrarily searched the Raja's palace.
2009 GMAT 2010 ii. iv. 54/2 The Russian government can indefinitely withstand the expense of subsidiary state enterprises.
B. n.† 3. A state maintained or supported by subsidies. Obsolete.
1.
a. A subsidiary or subordinate thing; something which provides additional support or assistance; an auxiliary, an aid.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help
factor1445
adjutory1508
underhelp1579
subsidiary1603
under-powera1807
contingent1817
tributary1859
contribuenta1866
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [noun] > levy of or for
subside?a1425
subsidiary1603
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 255 These considerations ought to be applied and employed to our beleefe, but as Subsidiaries [Fr. subsidiaires].
a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) ii. 28 Which deceitful consideration drew on Pelagius himself, that was first only for nature, at last to take in one after another, five Subsidiaries more.
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata vii. 251 Images of the Gods and Goddesses, with other Subsidiaries.
a1706 J. Evelyn Mem. (1819) II. 206 I..shall not be able to do it with any satisfaction, unless yr Lop favour me with the com'unication of the subsidiaries in yr cabinet.
1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 327 If, in despight of so many subsidiaries, you should be of a different opinion.
1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. ii. i. 59 All other sorts of words must be regarded as subsidiaries.
1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. xi. 410 The last contains notices of the most distinguished individuals of the court of Henry IV, which..are valuable subsidiaries to an accurate acquaintance with the prominent actors of the period.
1881 C. Semper Animal Life ix. 291 Wagner's theory forms in fact a subsidiary to Darwin's.
1932 Pop. Sci. Oct. 10/1 I move that instead of modifying your magazine..you publish a subsidiary to appear on the fifteenth of every month.
1961 A. E. Holmans U.S. Fiscal Policy ix. 190 The primary reliance on fiscal policy..with the direct controls not widespread or stringent enough to be more than subsidiaries (albeit very useful subsidiaries), indicated..a policy of drastic tax increases.
2002 L. F. Sandler in M. Carruthers & J. M. Ziolkowski Medieval Craft of Memory 2004 x. 219 In the Tree of Virtues Love, at the apex of the tree, has ten rather than the usual seven subsidiaries.
b. A body or organization which is controlled by another, esp. a subsidiary company (see subsidiary company n. at Compounds 1).
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company
incorporation1530
acquisitor1668
private company?1711
private practice1724
public company1730
trading house1760
acquiror1789
in-company1791
public corporation1796
company1800
subsidiary company1823
proprietary company1824
stock-company1827
trust company1827
subsidiary1828
concessionaire1839
commandite1844
statutory company1847
parent company1854
mastership1868
state enterprise1886
Pty.1904
asset class1931
acquirer1950
parent1953
growth company1959
spin-off1959
non-profit1961
shell1964
not-for-profit1969
vehicle1971
spin-out1972
startup1975
greenfield1982
large-cap1982
monoline1984
small cap1984
mid-cap1988
multidomestic1989
dotcom1996
1828 U.S. Tel. 6 Mar. The continued and unceasing labors of the government ‘Journal’ and its subsidiaries in Boston and Philadelphia.
1839 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Nov. 396 Both the banks chartered by Congress..were created as important subsidiaries to the Treasury Department.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 22 Mar. 8/2 The whole question of the value of Randfontein lies..in the way its numerous subsidiaries turn out.
1901 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 9/1 The shares of the Corporation, which then stood at 1s. 1½d., now stand at 6d., and it wants its shareholders to take the shares of these subsidiaries and provide more hard cash.
1929 Evening News 18 Nov. 14/2 The business was established over 160 years ago, and the present organisation includes subsidiaries in Australia, South Africa, and France.
2000 Times 2 Aug. i. 27/8 Lycos, whose parent company is now a subsidiary of Spain's Terra Networks, increased its audience reach..to 26.3 per cent.
c. Music. A theme of lesser importance, subordinate to the first or second subject (subject n. 16).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > theme > subsidiary or intervening
episode1869
subsidiary1883
1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. (at cited word) In some cases a Subsidiary acquires so much importance in the working out as to rank as a third subject.
1948 Musical Times 89 304/2 It has three main themes and some subsidiaries.
1994 J. Kárṕati Bartók's Chamber Music xvi. 481 G-sharp minor fits smoothly alongside it as a subsidiary.
d. Polo. A subsidiary goal (see subsidiary goal n. at Compounds 1). rare.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > subsidiary goal
subsidiary goal1892
subsidiary1900
1900 North-China Herald 10 Oct. 764/2 The visitors showed the residents how to play the game, beating them by 4 goals and 2 subsidiaries.
1903 Daily Chron. 27 Jan. 5/6 Three goals two subsidiaries to six goals two subsidiaries.
2. A person who occupies a subsidiary position; an assistant, a deputy.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help > person
helpa1325
yeoman1363
suffragana1450
assistant?1541
under-minister1543
under-aid1579
under-fellowa1586
adjutant1622
deacon1642
under-builder1651
subsidiary1661
under-instrument1673
helper1686
understrappera1704
âme damnée1797
bottle holder1816
acolyte1829
cad1836
bellows-blower1865
sidekick1893
side-kicker1894
Watson1927
stooge1955
1661 P. Heylyn Ecclesia Restaurata i. 32 Sir Richard Rich..another of the twelve, which were appointed for Subsidiaries, to the great Council of Estate, by the King deceased.
1745 Universal Hist. (Dublin rev. ed.) VI. xviii. 47 When the tribes chose their senators they also chose a certain number of subsidiaries, out of which, when a senator was expelled, another was substituted in his place.
1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca i. xiii. 58 The number of senators was again augmented... To these fifty a similar number of subsidiaries was added.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 507 The building is occupied by three priests and a few subsidiaries.
1959 F. Sondern Brotherhood of Evil i. 4 A dozen other equally important top executives of organized crime were present, accompanied by their assistants and subsidiaries.
2001 J. Rentoul in A. Chadwick & R. Heffernan New Labour Reader (2003) 293 Like a chief executive setting targets for his subsidiaries, Blair introduced a new system of targets which would be agreed between departments and ‘the centre’.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > subsidized
subsidiary1756
1756 Monitor No. 30. I. 275 The immense treasure paid for those subsidiaries, which by their treaties are engaged to cover Hanover, at the sole expence of Great Britain.
1795 R. Craig Inq. War with France 34 All the money that has been..given away to satisfy the exorbitant and rapacious demands of our foreign subsidiaries.
1821 Monthly Rev. Enlarged 96 525 Foreign subsidiaries become year after year more exorbitant in their demands.
Compounds
C1. Compounds of the adjective.
subsidiary cell n. [translation of German Nebenzelle (E. Pfitzer 1870, in Jahrbücher f. wissensch. Bot. 7 535, itself after scientific Latin cellula lateralis (1833))] Botany an epidermal cell bordering a guard cell, typically having a less thickened cell wall.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [noun] > cell > types of > guard- or subsidiary cell
accessory cell1831
guard-cell1875
guardian-cell1880
subsidiary cell1884
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 38 These peculiar neighbouring cells of the stomata are termed its subsidiary cells, or subsidiary cells of the pore.
1907 Bot. Gaz. 43 197 The walls of the guard cells and of the subsidiary cells are strongly thickened.
2010 C. B. Beck Introd. Plant Struct. & Devel. (ed. 2) viii. 152 Subsidiary cells, surrounding the guard cells, are the source of water and ions during the process of stomatal opening.
subsidiary coin n. coinage or a coin of low denomination.
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1824 J. Mill Elements Polit. Econ. (ed. 2) Pref. p. iv A new Section has been introduced, on the effect of..using subsidiary coins, at less than their metallic value.
1921 C. L. Jones Mexico & Reconstruction 91 The old pesos were withdrawn and a new series issued... New subsidiary coins were also issued.
2003 N. Kærgård & I. Henriksen in M. Baimbridge & P. Whyman Econ. & Monetary Union in Europe iv. 50 The commission found that it would be difficult to estimate beforehand the amount of subsidiary coin that would be needed.
subsidiary coinage n. coinage of low denomination; (U.S.) silver coinage of lower denomination than the dollar.
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1844 J. Fullarton On Regulation of Currencies x. 222 I can conceive circumstances in which it might become expedient to issue even a subsidiary coinage of fine silver in aid of our gold.
1876 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 5 ) iii. xv. 480 Our silver and copper money is to be regarded as subsidiary coinage.
1928 H. Mattingly Rom. Coins iii. i. 216 The subsidiary coinage (‘pecunia’)—bronze often with a small admixture of silver—presents a curious problem.
2010 D. Ganz Rare Coin Investing Gloss. 250 Eagle. statutorily found on reverse of all US subsidiary coinage above a dime.
subsidiary company n. a company controlled by a holding company (cf. sense B. 1b).
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company
incorporation1530
acquisitor1668
private company?1711
private practice1724
public company1730
trading house1760
acquiror1789
in-company1791
public corporation1796
company1800
subsidiary company1823
proprietary company1824
stock-company1827
trust company1827
subsidiary1828
concessionaire1839
commandite1844
statutory company1847
parent company1854
mastership1868
state enterprise1886
Pty.1904
asset class1931
acquirer1950
parent1953
growth company1959
spin-off1959
non-profit1961
shell1964
not-for-profit1969
vehicle1971
spin-out1972
startup1975
greenfield1982
large-cap1982
monoline1984
small cap1984
mid-cap1988
multidomestic1989
dotcom1996
1823 New Monthly Mag. (U.S. ed.) 6 61 That I reverence the existing Association..is best evidenced by my proposal for a Branch or Subsidiary Company.
1867 Railway News 5 Oct. 333 The Bo'ness and Grangemouth, a subsidiary company formed to construct a short line in connection with the now abandoned scheme of the Forth Bridge.
1930 A. Palmer Company Secretarial Pract. 255 A company is deemed to be a subsidiary company if, when the accounts of the holding company are made up, it, the holding company, holds more than 50 per cent. of the issued share capital.., or more than 50 per cent. of the voting power of the other company.
2002 Borneo Post 18 Nov. 22/4 The Indonesian Forest Ministry had revoked a plantation operation licence awarded to PT Surya Hutani Jaya (SHJ), a subsidiary company of PT Sumalindo Lestari Jaya Tbk (SULI).
subsidiary goal n. Polo (now historical) (chiefly in India) a goal scored when the ball crosses the line within a designated distance of either goalpost; the area where the ball must cross to score such a goal.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > subsidiary goal
subsidiary goal1892
subsidiary1900
1892 Colonies & India 24 Sept. 12/1 He is willing that the proposed subsidiary goals shall be marked on the ground, instead of by posts.
1900 North-China Herald 10 Oct. 764/2 The visitors showed the residents how to play the game, beating them by 4 goals and 2 subsidiaries to 1 subsidiary goal.
2010 T. Mason & E. Riedi Sport & Mil. ii. 58 Drawn games were decided by ‘subsidiary goals’ (near misses, in effect) to avoid dangerous scrimmages at the end of hard-fought matches.
C2. Compounds of the noun.
subsidiary treaty n. a treaty which is dependent on a subsidy or subsidies (cf. treaty of subsidy n. at subsidy n. Phrases, subsidy treaty n. at subsidy n. Compounds 1b).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > treaty > treaty depending on subsidies
subsidy treaty1731
treaty of subsidy1737
subsidiary treaty1739
1739 View Polit. Trans. Great-Brit. 3 One Measure was still wanting to make this Alliance more complete... This Measure was the concluding a subsidiary treaty with Denmark.__
1755 H. Walpole Lett. (1840) III. 158 All the world revolted against subsidiary treaties.
1854 Times 28 Mar. 8/4 We have seen too much of the effects of protectorates and subsidiary treaties in India.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 453/2 Lord Wellesley introduced that system of subsidiary treaties which has played so important a part in the expansion of British dominion.
2008 Canberra Times (Nexis) 12 July b2 Later subsidiary treaties provided for measures to conserve Antarctic flora and fauna.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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