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- Dictionaryancillary/anˈsɪləri/
adjective
- 1. providing necessary support to the primary activities or operation of an organization, system, etc.: "ancillary staff"
noun
- 1. a person whose work provides necessary support to the primary activities of an organization, system, etc.: "the employment of specialist teachers and ancillaries"
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adjective. uk / ænˈsɪl ə ri / us / ˈænsɪleri / Add to word list. additional, or providing additional support or help: In the last ten years or so we have developed a number of ancillary services, which have grown out of our core business.
The meaning of ANCILLARY is subordinate, subsidiary. How to use ancillary in a sentence. Did you know?
(ænsɪləri , US ænsəleri ) Word forms: ancillaries. 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution. ...ancillary staff. ...ancillary services like cleaning. Ancillary is also a noun.
adjective. us / ˈæn.sə.ler.i / uk / ænˈsɪl. ə r.i / Add to word list. providing support or help: ancillary staff / workers. an ancillary role. Campaigning to change government policy is ancillary to the charity's direct relief work. Synonym. auxiliary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Also, extra, and in addition. added. additionally.
Ancillary definition: subordinate; secondary; subsidiary. See examples of ANCILLARY used in a sentence.
If you use the adjective ancillary to describe your position you are subordinate or supporting something or someone else. The adjective ancillary originally meant
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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