subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"
>> A lien taking a legal title position junior to another lien that recorded later For example, if a mortgage lien recorded in 1996, it can subordinate to a lien recorded in 1999 Subordination may apply not only to mortgages, but also to leases, real estate rights and any other type of debt instruments
To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason
Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you. Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example Women were regarded as subordinate to free men. superior
To make subject to, or junior to For example, a prior deed of trust may be written agreement be subordinated in priority to a subsequent junior deed of trust
{i} one who is subservient, someone under the authority of another; one that is subjugated
If someone is your subordinate, they have a less important position than you in the organization that you both work for. Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates superior
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
If you subordinate something to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing. He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim. + subordination sub·or·di·na·tion the social subordination of women. someone who has a lower position and less authority than someone else in an organization