AWL Sublist 6 · Academic Word

subsidiary

/səbˈsɪdieri/ Syllables: sub·sid·i·ar·y

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Arabic Translation & Context

Synonyms & Antonyms

Secondary in importance; a company controlled by a larger parent organization.

Synonyms

secondary subordinate branch

Antonyms

primary main

Translations

subsidiary in Arabic

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Arabic Meaning

فرعي، تابع

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Easy Explanation (Arabic)

شيء أقل أهمية من الشيء الرئيسي، أو شركة صغيرة تملكها وتديرها شركة أكبر.

Easy Explanation

Subsidiary means secondary or a branch company. Business courses explain subsidiary firms owned by parent corporations in multinational structures.

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Memory TipSub- under the main — secondary rank or owned branch.

Contextual Examples

The case study examines how a subsidiary reports earnings to its parent multinational corporation.

Researchers treated language proficiency as a subsidiary factor rather than the primary outcome measure.

Accounting lectures compare consolidation rules when parent firms acquire overseas subsidiary operations.

Word Families & Pronunciation

PART OF SPEECH	FORM
noun	subsidiaries
verb	subsidize