subbranch

[ suhb-branch, -brahnch ]

noun

1. a subordinate branch or a branch of a branch, as of a bank, business, or the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subbranch¹

First recorded in 1855–60; sub- + branch

Example Sentences

In a 2016 Twitter exchange, former “Smallville” actor Allison Mack recommended Lenz look into the woman’s group Jness, which was a subbranch of the cult-like group NXIVM.

From Los Angeles Times

The Marcos Dynasty, which ends with Imelda and an ailing Ferdinand flying off to exile in Hawaii, falls into the morbid subbranch of literature that Joyce Carol Oates has dubbed pathography.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the basis of criteria outlined in the law and upon approval by the State Committee for Prices, economic ministries, central government agencies, collectives, and other public organizations are supposed first to issue norms for establishing and correlating prices within the areas of their respective jurisdictions, in accordance with the specific conditions of each producing branch, subbranch, or group of enterprises and the specific features of each product and service.

From Project Gutenberg

In the future the planned profit level for enterprises, differentiated by branch and subbranch, will be calculated in relation to the fixed and circulating capital employed rather than in relation to cost.

From Project Gutenberg