subordinated

[US]/sə'bɔrdn,et/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. of secondary bonds
v. included as inferior; made to occupy a subordinate position (past participle of subordinate)

Phrases & Collocations

subordinated bond

subordinated bonds

subordinated debenture

subordinated debt

subordinated debt obligation

subordinated interest

subordinated loan stock

Example Sentences

practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency.

The interests of the individual must be subordinated to the interests of the collective.

To keep his job,he willingly subordinated his own interests to the objectives of the company.

In the Balkans, Mr Glenny argues, state power in several countries was virtually subordinated to criminal power.

subordinated to a higher power

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