Collateral

[kə'læt(ə)r(ə)l] or [kə'lætərəl]

Definition

(noun.) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan.

(adj.) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; 'cousins are collateral relatives'; 'an indirect descendant of the Stuarts' .

(adj.) situated or running side by side; 'collateral ridges of mountains' .

(adj.) accompany, concomitant; 'collateral target damage from a bombing run' .

(adj.) serving to support or corroborate; 'collateral evidence' .

Checked by Gilbert--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.

(a.) Acting in an indirect way.

(a.) Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.

(a.) Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.

(a.) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.

(n.) A collateral relative.

(n.) Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.

Editor: Murdoch

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Indirect, subordinate, not directly to the point.[2]. Corroboratory, confirmatory, concurrent.

Typed by Clint

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Indirect, related, connected, parallel

ANT:Direct, linear, essential, integral

Inputed by Jesse

Definition

adj. side by side: running parallel or together; corresponding; descended from the same ancestor but not directly as the children of brothers.—n. a collateral relation: a contemporary: a rival.—adv. Collat′erally.

Typist: Winfred

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