subchapter
noun
sub·chap·ter
ˈsəb-ˌchap-tər 
variants
or less commonly sub-chapter
plural subchapters also sub-chapters
: a subdivision of a chapter: such as
a
: a subunit of a chapter of an organization
The club's New York chapter has four subchapters.
b
: a subdivision of a chapter in a text (such as a book or statute)
And between each chapter is a short subchapter, examining topics such as snowmaking, telemarking, mogul skiing, and heli-skiing.—
Mike Ginkel
Mike Ginkel… a 1958 revamp of the tax code adding a subchapter S that created a new category for businesses …—The Tampa (Florida) Tribune
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Work with them to develop an understanding of your specific business goals and identify whether bankruptcy is the right choice for you and, if so, whether a Chapter 11 or subchapter V bankruptcy process could assist in achieving those goals.
—Jonathan Carson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The America First Committee, which had some four hundred and fifty chapters and subchapters at its peak, insisted that the country should keep out of the distant war.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Following Joel and Ellie on a cross-country odyssey, the story is neatly broken into four chapters based on seasons of the year, with subchapters serving to provide little pit stops and pockets of storytelling where new characters enter and exit (usually by dying).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
So people aren't incentivized to change their corporate structure to become a subchapter s corporation versus a corporation.
—CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
New forms of partnerships arose, and the subchapter S corporation, which offered its own loophole around Medicare tax, emerged as an even more popular vehicle.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
Caracciolo devotes a subchapter of his book to the many online discussions of how playing these games has helped people cope with depression.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
More than 6,000 cases have been filed under subchapter V through July, according to the Justice Department.
—Becky Yerak, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
Pass-through entities include sole proprietors, Limited Liability Companies (LLCs), and Subchapter-S corporations (also named for an Internal Revenue Code subchapter).
—Leon Labrecque, Forbes, 18 May 2021
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Jonathan Carson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The America First Committee, which had some four hundred and fifty chapters and subchapters at its peak, insisted that the country should keep out of the distant war.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
Following Joel and Ellie on a cross-country odyssey, the story is neatly broken into four chapters based on seasons of the year, with subchapters serving to provide little pit stops and pockets of storytelling where new characters enter and exit (usually by dying).
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
So people aren't incentivized to change their corporate structure to become a subchapter s corporation versus a corporation.
—CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
New forms of partnerships arose, and the subchapter S corporation, which offered its own loophole around Medicare tax, emerged as an even more popular vehicle.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2024
Caracciolo devotes a subchapter of his book to the many online discussions of how playing these games has helped people cope with depression.
—Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
More than 6,000 cases have been filed under subchapter V through July, according to the Justice Department.
—Becky Yerak, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
Pass-through entities include sole proprietors, Limited Liability Companies (LLCs), and Subchapter-S corporations (also named for an Internal Revenue Code subchapter).
—Leon Labrecque, Forbes, 18 May 2021
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“Subchapter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subchapter. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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