子会社
解説 Definition
別の会社に所有または支配されている複数の会社。その所有・支配する会社を親会社という。
Subsidiaries are companies that are owned or controlled by another company, often called the parent company. This plural form is used when referring to two or more such companies.
使い方 Usage
- subsidiaries は subsidiary の複数形。three subsidiaries「3つの子会社」のように、複数の会社を指す。 Subsidiaries is the plural of subsidiary. Use it for multiple companies, as in three subsidiaries.
- overseas subsidiaries は「海外子会社」、wholly owned subsidiaries は「完全子会社」。前に説明を付けて子会社の種類を示す。 Use descriptions before subsidiaries to show the type: overseas subsidiaries are abroad, and wholly owned subsidiaries are entirely owned by the parent company.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
subsidiary「子会社」の y を i に替えて -es を付けると subsidiaries。親会社の下に複数の会社がある図を思い浮かべる。
Change the y in subsidiary to i and add -es to make subsidiaries. Picture one parent company with several companies beneath it.
例文
The company has three subsidiaries in Asia.
その会社はアジアに3つの子会社を持っています。
Its subsidiaries sell products in different countries.
その子会社群はさまざまな国で製品を販売しています。
The report lists all overseas subsidiaries.
その報告書には海外の全子会社が記載されています。
subsidiaries の類義語・関連語
subsidiaries の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 subsidiarius（予備の、補助の）から。sub-（下に）+ sedēre（座る）が語根で、「下に控えて支援する」が原義。関連語: subsidy（補助金）、subside（沈む）。本体の「下に座る」補助的存在→子会社の意味に発展した。
Subsidiaries is the plural of subsidiary, which came through Latin subsidiarius, meaning “reserved, auxiliary, or serving as support.” It is related to subsidium, a reserve force or assistance, formed from sub-, “under,” and a root connected with sedere, “to sit.” The idea of something positioned below or held in support later developed into the modern business sense of a company controlled by a parent company.
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