Collateral

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Situated or running side by side; parallel.
  • adj. Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying.
  • adj. Serving to support or corroborate: collateral evidence.
  • adj. Of a secondary nature; subordinate: collateral target damage from a bombing run.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation: a collateral loan.
  • adj. Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.
  • n. Property acceptable as security for a loan or other obligation.
  • n. A collateral relative.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
  • adj. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
  • adj. being aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate, ancillary.
  • adj. of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
  • adj. relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security
  • adj. expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan
  • n. A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. (Originally supplied as "accompanying" security.)
  • n. A collateral (not linear) family member.
  • n. A branch of a bodily part or system of organs
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side.
  • adj. Acting in an indirect way.
  • adj. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal.
  • adj. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional.
  • adj. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Situated at the side: belonging to the side or to what is at the side; hence, occupying a secondary or subordinate position.
  • Acting indirectly; acting through side channels.
  • Accompanying; attendant, especially as an auxiliary; aiding, strengthening, confirming, etc., in a secondary or subordinate way: as, collateral aid; collateral security (see below); collateral evidence.
  • Descending from the same stock or ancestor (commonly male) as another, but in a different line: distinguished from lineal.
  • In botany, standing side by side: as, collateral ovules.
  • In geometry, having a common edge, as two adjoining faces of a polyhedron.
  • n. A kinsman or relative descended from a common ancestor, but not in direct line.
  • n. Anything of value, or representing value, as bonds, deeds, etc., pledged as security in addition to a direct obligation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. accompany, concomitant
  • adj. situated or running side by side
  • adj. descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
  • adj. serving to support or corroborate
  • n. a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
    • Equivalent
    secondary    parallel    supportive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    additional    parallel    accessory    secondary    accidental   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bilateral    lateral    multilateral    plurilateral    trilateral   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lineal    immediate    forego    liquidity    indirect   
     
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