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ELI5: What's the difference between a subsidiary of a company and a division of that company?
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Imagine you own a big supermarket with many departments, meat, sea food, produce, paper goods, etc. Each department would be a 'division' of the company.  Everything gets sold at the same registers, and the stock crew fills up all the shelves regardless of what the product is.

Now you buy a deli across town.  You own it, and have someone else running it for you.  If someone buys a loaf of bread at the deli, they pay for it there, not at your supermarket.  The deli and the supermarket might have different insurance companies, sell different brands of soda, etc.

If you're the 'corporation' the deli and the supermarket are both subsidiaries.