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collateral noun /kəˈlætərəl/ /kəˈlætərəl/ [uncountable] (finance) jump to other results - property or something valuable that you promise to give to somebody if you cannot pay back money that you borrow
- We had put our house up as collateral for our bank loan.
Topics Moneyc2Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from medieval Latin collateralis, from col- ‘together with’ + lateralis (from latus, later- ‘side’). Sense (1) of the noun (originally US) is from the phrase collateral security, denoting something pledged in addition to the main obligation of a contract.
collateral adjective /kəˈlætərəl/ /kəˈlætərəl/ (formal) jump to other results - connected with something else, but in addition to it and less important
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCollateral is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from medieval Latin collateralis, from col- ‘together with’ + lateralis (from latus, later- ‘side’). Sense (1) of the noun (originally US) is from the phrase collateral security, denoting something pledged in addition to the main obligation of a contract.
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