1. Functioning in a supporting capacity
   - auxiliary, supplemental, supplementary

1. An assistant subject to the authority or control of another
   - subordinate, underling, foot soldier 
2. A company that is completely controlled by another company
   - subsidiary company

Derived forms: subsidiaries

See also: secondary, subsidiarity

Type of: assistant, company, help, helper, supporter

Encyclopedia: Subsidiary

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• lower
• lower berth