| 单词 | collateral |
| 释义 | collateral (once / 1993 pages) 1adj 2adj 3n It's what you promise to give someone if you don't repay a loan, like the car you put up as collateral when you take a loan out from the bank. As an adjective, collateral can refer to something indirect or off to the side, like collateral damage. Collateral is the watch you put on the table in a poker game, or the shoes you trade in at the bowling alley. If you pay back your debts, you get your goods back. As an adjective, collateral describes something indirect, like collateral damage (non-soldiers inadvertently killed in war) or collateral relatives such as your second-cousin-once-removed that your mother keeps bugging you to call. WORD FAMILYcollateral: collateralize, collaterally, collaterals+/collateralize: collateralized, collateralizing USAGE EXAMPLESIt asks the viewer to find warmth in the darkness, which is something that “Collateral Beauty” also focuses on. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) In a classic business deal, an entrepreneur puts up collateral to get a loan for a potentially profitable investment. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Even a bantamweight approach to the subject such as Collateral Beauty is walking on eggshells, trying to reassure audiences that it isn’t one big downer. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj accompanying; concomitant collateral target damage from a bombing run Syn secondary being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate 2adj serving to support or corroborate collateral evidence Syn confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying supportive furnishing support or assistance 3adj situated or running side by side 2collateral ridges of mountains Syn parallel being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting adj descended from a common ancestor but through different lines 3cousins are collateral relatives Syn|Ant indirect related connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage direct, lineal in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child matrilineal, matrilinearbased on or tracing descent through the female line patrilineal, patrilinearbased on or tracing descent through the male line unilateraltracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only relatedconnected by kinship, common origin, or marriage n a security pledged for the repayment of a loan Hypo|Hyper guarantee, guaranty a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults security interest any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation |
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