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Collateral

see synonyms of collateral

Noun

1. collateral

a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

Adjective

2. collateral, indirect

descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

Example Sentences:
'cousins are collateral relatives'
'an indirect descendant of the Stuarts'

3. collateral, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying

serving to support or corroborate

Example Sentences:
'collateral evidence'

4. collateral

accompany, concomitant

Example Sentences:
'collateral target damage from a bombing run'

5. collateral

situated or running side by side

Example Sentences:
'collateral ridges of mountains'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Collateral

see synonyms of collateral
noun
1. 
a. 
security pledged for the repayment of a loan
b. 
(as modifier)
a collateral loan
2. 
a person, animal, or plant descended from the same ancestor as another but through a different line
adjective
3. 
situated or running side by side
4. 
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
5. 
serving to support or corroborate
6. 
aside from the main issue
7. 
uniting in tendency

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Collateral

see synonyms of collateral
adjective
1. 
side by side; parallel
2. 
parallel in time, rank, importance, etc.; corresponding
3. 
accompanying or existing in a subordinate, corroborative, or indirect relationship
4. 
descended from the same ancestors but in a different line
a cousin is a collateral relative
5. 
a. 
designating or of security given as a pledge for the fulfillment of an obligation
b. 
secured or guaranteed by property, as stocks or bonds
a collateral loan
noun
6. 
a collateral relative
7.  US
anything, such as stocks or bonds, that secures or guarantees the discharge of an obligation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Collateral

see synonyms of collateral
adj.
1. Situated or running side by side; parallel.
2. Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying.
3. Serving to support or corroborate: collateral evidence.
4. Of a secondary nature; subordinate: collateral target damage from a bombing run.
5. Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation: a collateral loan.
6. Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.
n.
1. Property acceptable as security for a loan or other obligation.
2. A collateral relative.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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