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collateral

[ kuh-lat-er-uhl ]

noun

  1. Finance. property or other assets pledged by a borrower as security for the repayment of a loan:

    He gave the bank stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.

  2. Anatomy.
    1. a subordinate or accessory part.
    2. a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve.
  3. a relative descended from the same stock, but in a different line.


adjective

  1. accompanying; auxiliary:

    He received a scholarship and collateral aid.

  2. additional; confirming:

    collateral evidence;

    collateral security.

  3. secured by collateral:

    a collateral loan.

  4. aside from the main subject, course, etc.; secondary:

    These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal.

  5. descended from the same stock, but in a different line; not lineal:

    A cousin is a collateral relative.

  6. pertaining to those so descended.
  7. situated at the side:

    a collateral wing of a house.

  8. situated or running side by side; parallel:

    collateral ridges of mountains.

  9. Botany. standing side by side.

collateral

/ kə-; kɒˈlætərəl /

noun

    1. security pledged for the repayment of a loan
    2. ( as modifier )

      a collateral loan

  1. a person, animal, or plant descended from the same ancestor as another but through a different line


adjective

  1. situated or running side by side
  2. descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
  3. serving to support or corroborate
  4. aside from the main issue
  5. uniting in tendency

collateral

  1. Property or its equivalent that a debtor deposits with a creditor to guarantee repayment of a debt .


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Derived Forms

  • colˈlaterally, adverb

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Other Words From

  • col·lat·er·al·i·ty [koh-lat-, uh, -, ral, -i-tee], col·lat·er·al·ness noun
  • col·lat·er·al·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of collateral1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Medieval Latin collaterālis, equivalent to col- a variant of com- + Latin laterālis “on the side of the body”; col- 1 lateral

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Word History and Origins

Origin of collateral1

C14: from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin com- together + laterālis of the side, from latus side

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Example Sentences

Horace had been playing poker with a mortician, who had put the car up as collateral.

In 2008, it was looking at a death spiral: cut credit ratings, claims on the policies, and collateral calls.

The euphemism of “collateral damage” comes with that package.

This can cause women to end up as collateral, even when they themselves have committed no wrong.

That night Gasol hobbled off his home court with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee.

From one of these, which may be considered as collateral primary meanings, it must therefore be deduced.

The commentary is not very helpful, and discusses collateral questions rather than the dream itself.

The direct and collateral hereditary tendency appears to indicate a diathetic origin.

At the front it has a one-sided irregular look; and this is owing to the non-completion of a collateral spire.

If the horse is the source, or principal trunk, the zebra and the ass will be collateral branches.

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