Usually means: Supporting, supplementary, secondary to main.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word ancillary:

General (33 matching dictionaries)
  1. ancillary: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. ancillary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ancillary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ancillary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ancillary: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ancillary, ancillary: Wordnik
  7. ancillary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ancillary: Wiktionary
  9. ancillary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ancillary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ancillary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ancillary: Dictionary.com
  13. ancillary: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Ancillary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Ancillary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. ancillary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. ancillary: Rhymezone
  18. ancillary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. ancillary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. ancillary: Free Dictionary
  21. ancillary: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. ancillary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. ancillary: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. ancillary: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. ancillary: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. ANCILLARY: Accounting Glossary
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. ancillary: Legal dictionary
  7. Ancillary: Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ancillary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ancillary: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ancillary: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
▸ noun:  Something that serves an ancillary function, such as an easel for a painter.
▸ noun:  (archaic) An auxiliary.

Similar:
subsidiary, adjunct, appurtenant, accessory, adjuvant, auxiliary, supportive, peripheral, subalternate, tributary, more...

Opposite:
primary, main, essential

Types:
supporting, supplementary, additional, secondary, auxiliary, complementary, backup, reserve, extra, more...

Phrases:
ancillary services, ancillary jurisdiction, ancillary relief, ancillary administration, ancillary markets, more...
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Similar:
subsidiary, adjunct, appurtenant, accessory, adjuvant, auxiliary, supportive, peripheral, subalternate, tributary, more...

Opposite:
primary, main, essential

Types:
supporting, supplementary, additional, secondary, auxiliary, complementary, backup, reserve, extra, more...

Phrases:
ancillary services, ancillary jurisdiction, ancillary relief, ancillary administration, ancillary markets, ancillary administrator, Ancillary statistic, Ancillary revenue, Ancillary Justice, Ancillary weapon, more...



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