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sub•or•di•nat•ed



Pronunciation: (su-bôr'dn-ā"tid), [key]
—adj. Finance.
noting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors: subordinated debentures.

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subordinate clausesubordinating conjunction

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