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subsidiaries

subsidiaries is the plural of subsidiary.

Meaning of subsidiary

Noun

subsidiary (plural subsidiaries)

  1. A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
  2. A subordinate theme.
  3. One who aids or supplies; an assistant.

See all 6 meanings of subsidiary

Questions about subsidiaries

What is subsidiaries the plural of?
Subsidiaries is the plural of subsidiary.

Words near subsidiaries in the dictionary

  1. subsidencies
  2. subsidency
  3. subsider
  4. subsiders
  5. subsides
  6. subsidiaries
  7. subsidiarily
  8. subsidiariness
  9. subsidiarities
  10. subsidiarity
  11. subsidiarization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subsidiaries (page history and authors); subsidiary (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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