Ancillary

Definition: Ancillary

Ancillary

Adjective

1. Relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ancillary" was first used: 1667. (references)

Etymology: Ancillary \An"cil*la*ry\, adjective. [Latin expression ancillaris, from ancilla female servant.]. (references)

Synonyms: Ancillary

Aid

Adjective: aiding; Verb: auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful; coadjuvant; subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary.

Crosswords: Ancillary

References

• The World Market for Machines for Uses Ancillary to Printing: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Ancillary Costs and Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (reference)

• Ancillary techniques of gas chromatography (reference)

• Brassey's Artillery of the World: Guns, Howitzers, Mortars, Guided Weapons, Rockets, and Ancillary Equipment in Service With the Regular and Reserve (reference)

• Introduction to Psychology: Student Guide and Ancillary Materials (reference)

• Modern Power Station Practice : Boilers and Ancillary Plant (reference)

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Health

Alternative or ancillary treatments such as methylxanthines and/or hospitalization may be considered for specific infants. (references)

Many families require these and other ancillary services to address difficulties in school, family problems, and behavioral disorders. (references)

Using a 3 percent discount rate, this implies a net present value of approximately $800,000 for direct and ancillary costs associated with a CF birth. (references)

Business

Certain ancillary equipment such as voltage regulators, frequency stabilizers, etc. Is also manufactured locally. (references)

Private investments in other ports in the past few years total $1 billion in new port ancillary equipment as well as grain storage and handling facilities. (references)

Approximately 80% of Australians with private health insurance (or 7.82 million people) have ancillary (including dental services) health insurance coverage. (references)

Economic History

Tanzania

It also has some ancillary activities including Bandari College, medical service and real estate. (references)

Lebanon

Work on the first runway started in 1994 and is now complete; some ancillary works are currently being carried out. (references)

Norway

Norway's market, with the notable exception of agricultural products and ancillary processed foods, is transparent and quite open. (references)

Trade

Georgia

Additionally, working together with the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service in the region, the Center's efforts are focused on maximizing American commercial interests in the ancillary infrastructure that will be built as a result of the pipelines. (references)

Turkey

Working together with the U.S. Commercial Service and the Department of State, the Center's efforts also focus on supporting American participation in projects related to the East-West Transportation Corridor, and the ancillary infrastructure that will be built as a result of these energy projects. (references)

Travel

Costa Rica

The perennial spring climate, scenic beauty, housing, food, and ancillary services make Costa Rica a comfortable place to live. (references)

Expressions using "ancillary": Ancillary administration ♦ ancillary attachment ♦ ancillary course ♦ ancillary facilities ♦ ancillary industries ♦ ancillary instrument ♦ ancillary plants ♦ ancillary road ♦ surgery and ancillary services. Additional references.

Beginning with "ancillary": ancillary-staff.

Albanian

vartës (dependant, dependent, menial, subaltern, subordinate, subsidiary, underling), ndihmës (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, aide, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutant, coadjutor, first mate, gillie, help, helper, henchman, mate, paramedical, second, secondary, servo, sidekick, subsidiary, tutor), i varur (baggy, conditional, dangling, dependant, dependent, depending, flagging, hanging, in suspense, pendant, pendent, pending, pendulous, pensile, slavish, subject, suspended). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملحق (accessory, addendum, addition, annexe, appendage, appendix, extension, rider, supplement), ‏مساعد (accessory, accomplice, advantageous, aid, assistance, auxiliary, backing, beneficial, conducive, contributory, favorable, favourable, help, helpful, helpmate, propitious, serviceable, subsidiary, supplementary, support, useful), ‏إضافي (additional, auxiliary, bonus, extra, false, farther, further, more, overtime, spare, special, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спомагателен (accessary, accessory, accidental, adjunct, auxiliary, helping, pilot, servo-, subsidiary, supporting, tributary), помощен (adjunct, adjuvant, auxiliary, helping, pilot, pony, relief, servo-, subservient, subsidiary), подчинен (dependant, dependent, inferior, sidekick, sub, sub-, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, tributary, under, underling, vassal). (various references)

Chinese 

辅助 (Auxiliaries, Auxiliary, Axillary). (various references)

Czech

vedlejší (accessory, accidental, adjoining, by, collateral, extraneous, immaterial, incidental, minor, next, next door, off, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, supporting, ulterior), služebný (menial), pomocný (assistant, auxiliary, instrumental, subsidiary), přidružený (affiliated, associate, associated). (various references)

Danish

yderligere omkostninger (additional costs, ancillary costs, ancilliary expenditure, ancilliary expenses, extra charges, extra costs, extra expenses, extras, incidental charges, incidental costs, incidental expenses, incidentals, miscellaneous expenses, special expenses), underleverandoer (ancillary industry, subcontracting enterprise, supplier, supplying company), tilhørende anlæg (ancillary work, appurtenant work), ledsageforanstaltninger (accompanying measures, ancillary measures), infrastrukturomkostninger (capital and running costs of ancillary facilities, capital expenditure, consequential follow-up costs, infrastructure work), hjælpeindretning (ancillary attachment, attachment, auxiliary attachment, special attachment), hjælpefaciliteter (ancillary facilities, follow-up equipment, infrastructure), hjælpeaktiviteter,såsom administration,indkøb,distribution,oplagring,reparation,osv. (ancillary activities such as administration, purchasing, repairs etc., selling, storage), følgeanlæg (ancillary facilities, follow-up equipment, infrastructure), en boreplatform kan baere hele boreinstallationen,herunder alt tilhoerende udstyr,eller ogsaa kun omfatte boretaarnet,idet de oevrige installationer saa findes ombord paa en forsyningslaegter (including the ancillary facilities, or simply the derrick, the other equipment being placed on a tender, the platform may either carry all the drilling equipment), ekstraomkostninger (additional costs, ancillary costs, ancilliary expenditure, ancilliary expenses, extra charges, extra costs, extra expenses, extras, incidental charges, incidental costs, incidental expenses, incidentals, miscellaneous expenses, special expenses), ekstra omkostninger (additional costs, ancillary costs, ancilliary expenditure, ancilliary expenses, extra charges, extra costs, extra expenses, extras, incidental charges, incidental costs, incidental expenses, incidentals, miscellaneous expenses, special expenses). (various references)

Dutch

voorzieningen voor dienstverlening (ancillary facilities, follow-up equipment, infrastructure), uitrustingskosten (capital and running costs of ancillary facilities, capital expenditure, consequential follow-up costs), toeleveringsbedrijf (ancillary industry, subcontracting enterprise, supplier, supplying company), toeleverend bedrijf (ancillary industry, subcontracting enterprise, supplier, supplying company), Rijksbureau voor de distributie van grond- en hulpstoffen en eindprodukten aan Industrie en Handel (ancillary goods and manufactured goods to trade and industry, State Offices for the distribution of raw materials), plankosten (capital and running costs of ancillary facilities, capital expenditure, consequential follow-up costs), op het platform kan de hele boorinstallatie met toebehoren staan of alleen de boortoren waarbij de andere installaties op een tender zijn geplaatst (including the ancillary facilities, or simply the derrick, the other equipment being placed on a tender, the platform may either carry all the drilling equipment), onderaannemer (ancillary industry, subcontracting enterprise, subcontractor, sub-contractor, supplier, supplying company), inrichtingen als gevolg van (ancillary facilities, follow-up equipment, infrastructure), hulpstuk (accessory, additional attachment, ancillary attachment, attachment, auxiliary attachment, joint, special attachment), hulpactiviteiten zoals administratie,inkoop,verkoop,voorraadhouden,reparatie,enzovoort (ancillary activities such as administration, purchasing, repairs etc., selling, storage), extra kosten (additional costs, ancillary costs, ancilliary expenditure, ancilliary expenses, extra charges, extra costs, extra expenses, extras, incidental charges, incidental costs, incidental expenses, incidentals, miscellaneous expenses, special expenses), bijkomende werk (ancillary work, appurtenant work), beleidssteun (accompanying measures, ancillary measures), begeleidende maatregelen (accompanying measures, ancillary measures). (various references)

Farsi 

فرعی (Accessory, Adjunct, By, Bye, Derivative, Extraneous, Inferior, Petty, Secondary, Sideway, Subordinate, Subsidiary, Tributary), مستخدم بومی , معین (Accessory, Adjutant, Ally, Auxiliary, Definite, Given, Positive, Precise, Punctual, Regular, Specific, Standard, Subsidiary), مربوطبه کلفت , کمک (Adjutant, Aid, Assist, Assistance, Avail, Hand, Help, Helper, Helpmeet, Mate, Relief, Second, Service, Subservience, Succor, Support), تابع (Accessory, Adjective, Citizen, Function, Incident, Passive, Sub, Submission, Subsidiary, Suffragan, Tributary), دستیار (Assistant, Suffragan). (various references)

Finnish

lisärakenne (ancillary work, appurtenant work), lisälaite (accessory), infrastruktuurikustannukset (capital and running costs of ancillary facilities, capital expenditure, consequential follow-up costs), infrastruktuuri (ancillary facilities, follow-up equipment, infrastructure). (various references)

French

auxiliaire, attaché, assistant, additionnel, additif. (various references)

German

Hilfs- (auxiliary). (various references)

Greek 

βοηθητικόσ (assistant, auxiliary, collateral, helpful), βοηθητικός (auxiliary). (various references)

Hebrew 

טפל (additional, adjunct, insipid, subsidiary, tasteless, unsalted). (various references)

Hungarian

mellékes (beside the point), mellék- (extra, by, lateral), alárendelt (dependent, inferior, minor, sub, subaltern, subservient). (various references)

Italian

ausiliario (auxiliary), sussidiario (auxiliary, subsidiary), dipendente (dependent, dependant). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

附帯 (incidental, secondary). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふたい (accessory, cloth bag, collateral, determination, incidental, secondary). (various references)

Korean 

보조 (Auxiliary, Cadence). (various references)

Manx

shirveishagh 1 (attend wait on, attendant, clergyman, officiator, predicant, servant, serve, server, serviceable, serving, subservient, vassal), shirveishagh (attend, attendant, clergyman, officiator, predicant, servant, serve, server, serviceable, serving, Servite, subservient, vassal). (various references)

Pig Latin

ancillaryay.(various references)

Portuguese

auxiliar (help, hand, helper, subsidiary), subordinado (subordinate, attendant, dependant, dependent, inferior). (various references)

Romanian

auxiliar (accidental, additional, adjuvant, assistant, auxiliary, subsidiary, supplementary), ajutor (help, aid), subordonat (adjective, adjunct, dependent, inferior, junior, paternalized, subordinate, under), de servitori (menial), de serviciu (official, on duty, orderly). (various references)

Russian 

вспомогательный (accessorial, adjuvant, auxiliary, backed-up, intermediate, pilot, pony, relief, service, servo, subsidiary, supplementary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sluga (attendant, boy, footman, lackey, lacquey, menial, servant, servitor, sice, understrapper), potčinjen (subdued, subject), pomoćni (auxiliary). (various references)

Spanish

auxiliar (auxiliary, helper). (various references)

Swedish

underordnad (subaltern, subordinate), hjälp- (subsidiary), bi- (subsidiary). (various references)

Turkish

yardımcı (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, aid, aide, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), yan (aslant, asquint, awry, by-, bye-, collateral, flank, flanking, lateral, parietal, side, sidelong, sideward, subordinate). (various references)

Ukrainian

службовий (ministerial, office, official, on duty, service), раболіпний (creepy, humble, obsequious, servile, slavish, sneaky, subservient), властивий служниці, підсобний (occasional), підлеглий (adjective, dependant, dependent, inferior, junior, secondary, subaltern, subordinate, subservient, under), догідливий (adulatory, compliant, courtly, obsequious, officious, oily, sneaking, supple). (various references)

Vietnamese 

phụ thuộc (accidental, dependant, dependent, subordinate, tributary), lệ thuộc (subject). (various references)

ancillaris. (various references)

Misspellings

"Ancillary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ancellary, anciilary, ancilary, anciliary, Ancilla, ancilliary, anncillary, ansillary, incillary. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cranially.

-1 letter: carnally, racially.

-2 letters: ancilla, carinal, cranial, laniary, lyrical.

-3 letters: acinar, alanyl, anally, arnica, cairny, callan, canary, carina, carlin, carnal, clinal, crania, lacily, laical, narial, racial, racily.

-4 letters: acari, alary, aliya, allay, cairn, calla, canal, carny, clary, craal, inlay, laari, lanai, liana, lilac, linac, lyric, naira, naric, nyala, rainy, rally, riyal.

-5 letters: acyl, airn, airy, alan.

+1 letter: cardinally.

+2 letters: frantically, nonracially, organically.

+3 letters: anarchically, fractionally, harmonically, narcotically, paranoically, rabbinically, romantically, sardonically, tyrannically, unicamerally.

+4 letters: acronymically, agronomically, anaerobically, anaphorically, clairvoyantly, hallucinatory, inorganically, interracially, intraocularly, intrathecally, monarchically, panegyrically, panoramically, postcranially, puritanically, thrasonically.

+5 letters: acceleratingly, adrenergically, aeronautically, anchoritically, antidromically, astronomically, clairaudiently, diachronically, enharmonically, iatrogenically, inarticulately, inartistically, intracardially, intracranially, manometrically, morganatically, organismically, overanalytical, ultrasonically, undramatically, unromantically, urbanistically.