Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subsidiaries"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subsidiary \Sub*sid"i*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Subsidiaries}.
One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional
supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. --Hammond.
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