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  • 1subsidiary — sub·sid·i·ary /səb si dē ˌer ē, si də rē/ n pl ar·ies: a company having the majority of its stock owned by another company compare affiliate ◇ The parent company of a subsidiary generally has the same policy making powers as any majority owner… …

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  • 2branch — n: a part of a complex body: as a: one of the three main divisions of the U.S. or a state government see also executive, judiciary, legislature b: a division of a business or or …

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  • 3branch — [n1] department annex, arm, bureau, category, chapter, classification, connection, dependency, derivative, division, extension, local, member, office, outpost, part, portion, section, subdivision, subsection, subsidiary, tributary, wing; concepts …

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  • 4subsidiary — [adj] secondary, helpful accessory, adjuvant, aiding, ancillary, appurtenant, assistant, assisting, auxiliary, backup, branch, collateral, contributory, cooperative, lesser, minor, serviceable, subject, subordinate, subservient, supplemental,… …

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  • 5Subsidiary Bank — A type of foreign bank that is incorporated in the host country but is considered to be owned by a foreign parent bank. The subsidiary bank only needs to operate under the host country s regulations. One of the drawbacks of operating a subsidiary …

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  • 6branch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. member, arm, bough, limb, ramification; shoot, offshoot; part.See ancestry. v. i. fork, divide, bifurcate; radiate, diverge. See disjunction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A part, usually of secondary… …

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  • 7subsidiary — 1. adjective a subsidiary company Syn: subordinate, secondary, ancillary, auxiliary, subservient, supplementary, peripheral Ant: principal 2. noun two major subsidiaries Syn: subordinate company, branch, branch plant …

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  • 8branch line — noun a railway line connected to a trunk line • Syn: ↑spur track, ↑spur • Hypernyms: ↑line, ↑railway line, ↑rail line • Hyponyms: ↑loop line * * * a rail line …

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  • 9branch accounting — An accounting system in which each department or branch of a business is established as a separate cost centre or budget centre. The net profit per branch may be added together to arrive at the profit for the whole business. Branch accounts may… …

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  • 10branch accounting — An accounting system in which each department or branch of a business is established as a separate cost centre or budget centre The net profit per branch may be added together to arrive at the profit for the whole business. Branch accounts may be …

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