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Subsidiaries Subsidiary Sub*sid"i*a*ry, n.; pl. Subsidiaries.
One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional
supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. --Hammond.
Subsidiarily Subsidiarily Sub*sid"i*a*ri*ly, adv.
In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist.
Subsidiary Subsidiary Sub*sid"i*a*ry, a. [L. subsidiarius: cf. F.
subsidiaire. See Subsidy.]
1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary;
especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity;
as, a subsidiary stream.
Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not
suffragant and subsidiary. --Florio.
They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of
another state of existence. --Coleridge.
2. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy;
being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as,
subsidiary payments to an ally.
George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.
--Ld. Mahon.
Subsidiary Subsidiary Sub*sid"i*a*ry, n.; pl. Subsidiaries.
One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional
supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. --Hammond.
Subsidies Subsidy Sub"si*dy, n.; pl. Subsidies. [L. subsidium the
troops stationed in reserve in the third line of battlem
reserve, support, help, fr. subsidere to sit down, lie in
wait: cf. F. subside. See Subside.]
1. Support; aid; co["o]peration; esp., extraordinary aid in
money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.
They advised the king to send speedy aids, and with
much alacrity granted a great rate of subsidy.
--Bacon.
Note: Subsidies were taxes, not immediately on on property,
but on persons in respect of their reputed estates,
after the nominal rate of 4s. the pound for lands, and
2s. 8d. for goods. --Blackstone.
2. Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or
nation to another to purchase the co["o]peration or the
neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.
3. A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation,
or the like, to a private person or company to assist the
establishment or support of an enterprise deemed
advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to
the owners of a line of ocean steamships.
Syn: Tribute; grant.
Usage: Subsidy, Tribute. A subsidy is voluntary; a
tribute is exacted.
Subsidize Subsidize Sub"si*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsidized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing.] [From Subsidy.]
To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by
the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private
enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship
line.
He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a
large body of German mercenaries. --Prescott.
Subsidized Subsidize Sub"si*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsidized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing.] [From Subsidy.]
To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by
the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private
enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship
line.
He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a
large body of German mercenaries. --Prescott.
Subsidizing Subsidize Sub"si*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsidized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing.] [From Subsidy.]
To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by
the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private
enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship
line.
He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a
large body of German mercenaries. --Prescott.
