Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole); SYN. complementary, completing.
1. Of or relating to or suggestive of complementation; SYN. interchangeable.
2. Of words so related that each is the negation of the other
ETYM Latin subsidiarius: cf. French subsidiaire. Related to Subsidy.
1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary.
2. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy.
1. Serving to supplement
2. Nonscheduled
Added to complete or make up a deficiency; SYN. supplemental, additional.