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