Also means
ancillary
Usage Note
Subsidiario means subordinate or auxiliary in a legal or organisational sense, as in responsabilidad subsidiaria 'subsidiary liability' — a core concept in Spanish contract law where a secondary party is liable only if the primary one fails to pay. Do not confuse with subsidiado ('subsidised').
Examples
"Tiene una responsabilidad subsidiaria."
Natural Translation
She has subsidiary liability.

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