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单词 collateral
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collateral

noun
/kəˈlætərəl/
/kəˈlætərəl/
[uncountable] (finance)
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  1. 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 Moneyc2
    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.

collateral

adjective
/kəˈlætərəl/
/kəˈlætərəl/
(formal)
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  1. connected with something else, but in addition to it and less important
    • collateral benefits
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCollateral is used with these nouns:
    • damage
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    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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