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1. ''Accounting - noun''.   
 
''Accounting''.   


Abbreviation for subsidiary undertaking.  
Abbreviation for subsidiary undertaking.  
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2. ''Adjective.''


Of lesser importance.
Of lesser importance or lesser authority.




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* [[Holding company]]
* [[Holding company]]
* [[Parent company]]
* [[Parent company]]
* [[Primary]]
* [[Secondary]]
* [[Strategic business unit]]
* [[Strategic business unit]]
* [[Subsidiary undertaking]]
* [[Subsidiary undertaking]]
* [[Subsidiarity]]
* [[Subsidiarity]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Latest revision as of 19:59, 26 December 2022

1. Accounting - noun.

Abbreviation for subsidiary undertaking.

A parent undertaking has a subsidiary undertaking - for accounting purposes - if it has control over the other entity.

The subsidiary is the entity (usually a company) which is controlled by the parent undertaking (also known as the group holding company).


2. Adjective.

Of lesser importance or lesser authority.


See also