05 subsidiary= 1 noun (plural subsidiaries) [countable]
e.g. a company that is owned or controlled by another larger company
a subsidiary of a US company
one of our Japanese subsidiaries
2 adjective formal
connected with, but less important than, something else SYN secondary
a subsidiary hypothesis
subsidiary to
All other issues are subsidiary to this one.
06 corporation= company= 1 a big company, or a group of companies acting together as a single organization
He works for a large American corporation.
multinational corporations
the Siemens Corporation
corporation tax (=tax that companies have to pay on their profits)
07 vigorously= She campaigned vigorously for women’s rights.
Bailey vigorously denied the accusations.
He shook his head vigorously.
08 restructure= to change the way in which something such as a government, business, or system is organized
proposals to radically restructure Britain’s electronics industry
—restructuring noun [countable, uncountable]
the major restructuring of our armed forces
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