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subsidiary
/səbˈsɪdiˌɛɹi/
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Stress “sid,” the second syllable.
Use five vowel beats, with a lighter secondary stress on the fourth. Keep both s sounds unvoiced, rather than changing the middle s into a z.
5 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The company opened a new subsidiary.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does subsidiary mean?
adjective
- Auxiliary or supplemental.
- Secondary or subordinate.
- Of or relating to a subsidy.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
- A subordinate theme.
- One who aids or supplies; an assistant.
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IPA pronunciation
/səbˈsɪdiˌɛɹi/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Doubtless these were subsidiary motives, but the chief reason why he killed the game was that he instinctively loves the sport.
Besides the processes directed by the Government of France, various subsidiary measures of an easily and economically practicable character have been suggested.
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The Sun and the Earth, representing the male and female principles, are the main elements in his creation, the other planets being subsidiary.
Reformers will never get rid of the drink shop until they can outbid it in the subsidiary attractions which it offers to its customers.
And it continued to believe this until one of its subsidiary companies--the Gold and Stock--reported that several of its machines had been superseded by telephones.