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subsidiary
Noun
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A subsidiary is a company that is owned by a larger company.
This company owns three subsidiaries that make different kinds of machines.
subsidiary
Adjective
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If something is subsidiary, it is connected, but lower in importance, rank, or level, etc.
Surprisingly, the subsidiary company became more successful than the parent company.
At some point work became subsidiary to music for her.
law
Noun
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Laws are the official rules of a government or organisation.
We have defined crime as behaviour which breaks the criminal law.
We believe that this law is wrong and we are not prepared to obey such a law.
The Kyoto treaty became law in 2005.
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The law is the police.
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A law is something that is always true.
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Law is the study of laws.