(countable) One who is subordinate.

(transitive) To make subservient.

(transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.

(transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.

Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.

Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.

(grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause

Descending in a regular series.