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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024col•lat•er•al /kəˈlætərəl/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Businesssecurity, pledged or promised to a bank or other lender if payment of a loan cannot be made:Their house was their collateral for the college loan.
adj. - accompanying;
auxiliary: Collateral damage during the war meant the damage inflicted on nonmilitary targets. - additional and proving or confirming: We found this collateral evidence at the scene of the crime.
- made secure by collateral:collateral property.
- (of a relative) descended from the same stock, but in a different line:[before a noun]collateral relatives descended through different sons or daughters.
col•lat•er•al•ly, adv. See -lat-2. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024col•lat•er•al (kə lat′ər əl),USA pronunciation n. - Businesssecurity pledged for the payment of a loan:He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
- Anatomy
- Anatomya subordinate or accessory part.
- Anatomya side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve.
- AnatomySee collateral circulation.
- a relative descended from the same stock, but in a different line.
adj. - accompanying; auxiliary:He received a scholarship and collateral aid.
- additional;
confirming:collateral evidence; collateral security. - secured by collateral:a collateral loan.
- aside from the main subject, course, etc.;
secondary:These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal. - descended from the same stock, but in a different line;
not lineal:A cousin is a collateral relative. - pertaining to those so descended.
- situated at the side:a collateral wing of a house.
- situated or running side by side;
parallel:collateral ridges of mountains. - Botanystanding side by side.
- Medieval Latin collaterālis, equivalent. to col- col-1 + laterālis lateral
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English (1350–1400
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