See Also: subordination(dictionary)
Subordination(law)
dominance-subordination(medicine)
Subordination clause(money)
Subordination clause(finance)

subordination (iou)



subordination noun. LME.
[French, or medieval Latin subordinatio(n-), formed as SUBORDINATE verb: see -ATION.]
Arrangement by rank or degree. Formerly also, (a rank in) a graded series. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
The action of subordinating oneself, a person or thing to another; the state or condition of being subordinate; submission, subjection. Opp. SUPERORDINATION 2. L16.
b. Grammar. The dependence of one clause or other unit on another. M19.
Architecture. The action or fact of arranging arches in orders. L19.