ancillary
IPA: ˈænsʌɫɛri
noun
- Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
- (archaic) An auxiliary.
adjective
- Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
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Examples of "ancillary" in Sentences
- But there's still a lot of what we call ancillary action around.
- However, we have, in California and other state, what we call ancillary probate.
- American Airlines, which last year pocketed an extra billion in "ancillary revenue," calls them "a pretty big success story."
- US Airways for example is set to earn ancillary revenues of $400 million to $500 million from its ancillary revenue programme in 2009.
- Why have tax payers pay twice for this program ... federal tax dollars and state tax dollars, plus we'd save money in ancillary costs ie salaries, retirement and other overhead costs.
- The trend toward à la carte pricing - once the hallmark of no-frills, low-cost carriers - has in recent years been adopted by the legacy airlines, and will likely continue in 2009, as carriers try to boost what they call ancillary revenue.
- Beyond the salary cap system issues that divide the sides, union executive director Billy Hunter said there were six pages of what he called ancillary items, such as the draft age and the commissioner's disciplinary rights, that still must be addressed before a deal.
- Revealed truth, given through the tra - dition to which one is committed, must be the ruling mistress; philosophy, through which the metaphors of scripture are harmonized with each other and with other systematic knowledge, must be ancillary (from ancilla, the Latin word for serving girl).
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