GRE Word List

SUBSIDIARY

furnishing aid or support : auxiliary

The meaning of the word subsidiary is furnishing aid or support : auxiliary.

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distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
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