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
Examples
- Collateral with the development of the printing press are three important branches of the art--stereotyping, paper making, and type setting. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had ninety pounds a year (exclusive of my house-rent and sundry collateral matters) from my aunt. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Name of any collateral or remote branch of your ladyship's family? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So it probably will be with many whole collateral lines of descent, which will be conquered by later and improved lines. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Difficulties are multiplied when we pause for a moment to think of Edison's influence on collateral branches of business. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had also made collateral studies of iron, steel, and copper, insulation, winding, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Testamentary donations, or legacies to collaterals, are subject to the like duties. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Stacy