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an·cil·lar·y

 (ăn′sə-lĕr′ē)
adj.
1. Of secondary importance; subordinate: "For Degas, sculpture was never more than ancillary to his painting" (Herbert Read).
2. Auxiliary or accessory: an ancillary pump.
n. pl. an·cil·lar·ies
1. Something that is subordinate or accessory to something else: a tripod, battery charger, and other camera ancillaries.
2. A person working in a supportive or subordinate role: school ancillaries who look after children who become sick.
[From Latin ancilla, maidservant, feminine diminutive of anculus, servant; see kwel- in Indo-European roots.]
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ancillary

(ænˈsɪlərɪ)
adj
1. subsidiary
2. auxiliary; supplementary: ancillary services.
n, pl -laries
a subsidiary or auxiliary thing or person: the company has an ancillary abroad.
[C17: from Latin ancillāris concerning maidservants, from ancilla, diminutive of ancūla female servant]
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an•cil•lar•y

(ˈæn səˌlɛr i; esp. Brit. ænˈsɪl ə ri)

adj., n., pl. -lar•ies. adj.
1. subordinate; subsidiary.
2. auxiliary; assisting.
n.
3. something that serves in an ancillary capacity.
[1660–70]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.ancillary - furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
adjunct, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary, accessory
supportive - furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"
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ancillary

adjective supplementary, supporting, extra, additional, secondary, subsidiary, accessory, subordinate, auxiliary, contributory Ancillary services like cleaning are put up for competitive tender.
major, chief, main, prime, premier, primary, principal, cardinal
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ancillary

adjective
Giving or able to give help or support:
accessory, assistant, auxiliary, collateral, contributory, subsidiary, supportive.
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Translations

ancillary

[ænˈsɪlərɪ] ADJ
1. (= secondary) → subordinado (to a)
2. (= supporting) [staff, workers] → auxiliar; [services] → complementario
3. (= additional) [charges, costs] → adicional
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ancillary

[ænˈsɪləri] adj [staff, worker] → auxiliaire; [services, equipment, charges] → auxiliaire
to be ancillary to sth → être subordonné(e) à qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

ancillary

adj (= subordinate) → Neben-; (= auxiliary) → Hilfs-; ancillary course (Univ) → Begleitkurs m; ancillary industry → Zulieferindustrie f; ancillary staff/workers → Hilfskräfte pl; ancillary subject (Univ) → Nebenfach nt; ancillary troops → Hilfstruppen pl
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ancillary

[ænˈsɪlərɪ] adj → ausiliario/a
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ancillary

adj auxiliar
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