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col·lat·er·al

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–noun

1.	security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.

Anatomy.

a.	a subordinate or accessory part.

b.	a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve.

c.	collateral circulation.

3.	a relative descended from the same stock, but in a different line.

–adjective

4.	accompanying; auxiliary: He received a scholarship and collateral aid.

5.	additional; confirming: collateral evidence; collateral security.

6.	secured by collateral: a collateral loan.

7.	aside from the main subject, course, etc.; secondary: These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal.

8.	descended from the same stock, but in a different line; not lineal: A cousin is a collateral relative.

9.	pertaining to those so descended.

10.	situated at the side: a collateral wing of a house.

11.	situated or running side by side; parallel: collateral ridges of mountains.

12.	Botany. standing side by side.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME (< AF) < ML collaterālis, equiv. to col- col-¹ + laterālis lateral

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col·lat·er·al·i·ty

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col·lat·er·al·ly, adverb

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col·lat·er·al Audio Help (kə-lāt'ər-əl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Situated or running side by side; parallel.
Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying.
Serving to support or corroborate: collateral evidence.
Of a secondary nature; subordinate: collateral target damage from a bombing run.
Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation: a collateral loan.
Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.

Property acceptable as security for a loan or other obligation.
A collateral relative.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin collaterālis : Latin com-, com- + Latin latus, later-, side.]

col·lat'er·al·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
collateral

c.1378, from O.Fr. collateral, from M.L. collateralis "accompanying," lit. "side by side," from L. com- "together" + lateralis "of the side," from latus "a side" (see oblate (n.)). Collateral damage (usually a euphemism for "killing civilians") is U.S. military coinage, 1975.

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collateral
adjective
1.	descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" [ant: direct]
2.	serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
3.	accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
4.	situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"
noun
1.	a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
collateral

Property or its equivalent that a debtor deposits with a creditor to guarantee repayment of a debt.

[Chapter:] Business and Economics

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col·lat·er·al (k-ltr-l)
adj.

Indirect, subsidiary, or accessory to the main thing.
Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.

A branch of a nerve axon or blood vessel.
A collateral relative.

col·later·al·ly adv.

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Main Entry: ²collateral
Function: noun
1 : a branch especially of a blood vessel, nerve, or the axon of a nerve cell <excitation of axon collaterals>
2 : a bodily part (as a ligament) that is lateral in position

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Main Entry: ¹col·lat·er·al
Pronunciation: k&-'lat-&-r&l, -'la-tr&l
Function: adjective
1 : relating to or being branches of a bodily part <collateral sprouting of nerves>
2 : relating to or being part of the collateral circulation <collateral circulatory vessels> <collateral blood flow>

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Collateral

Properties or assets that are offered to secure a loan or other credit. Collateral becomes subject to seizure on default.

Investopedia Commentary

Collateral is a form of security to the lender in case the borrower fails to pay back the loan.

For example, if you open a mortgage, your collateral would be your house. In margin trading, the securities in your account act as collateral in the case of a margin call.

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collateral

Assets pledged as security for a loan. In the event that a borrower defaults on the terms of a loan, the collateral may be sold, with the proceeds used to satisfy any remaining obligations. High-quality collateral reduces risk to the lender and results in a lower rate of interest on the loan.

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Main Entry: collateral
Function: noun
1 : a collateral relative
2 : property pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender in the event of the borrower's default;; specifically under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code : property subject to a security interest

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Main Entry: col·lat·er·al
Pronunciation: k&-'la-t&-r&l, -'la-tr&l
Function: adjective
1 a : accompanying as a secondary fact, activity, or agency but subordinate to a main consideration b : not directly relevant or material <a collateral evidentiary matter> <a collateral issue>
2 : belonging to the same ancestral stock but not in a direct line of descent —compare LINEAL
3 a : of, relating to, or being collateral used as a security (as for payment of a debt) b : secured by collateral <a collateral loan> —col·lat·er·al·ly adjective

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Collateral

Col*lat"er*al\, a. [LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See Lateral.]

1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. "Collateral light." --Shak.

2. Acting in an indirect way.

If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. --Shak.

3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.

That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true. --Macaulay.

4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.

Yet the attempt may give Collateral interest to this homely tale. --Wordsworth.

5. (Genealogy) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.

Note: Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather. --Blackstone.

Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above the deed itself.

Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation established through indirect or subordinate branches when the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.

Collateral issue. (Law) (a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of the case. (b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon, diversity of person, etc. (c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be contradicted by the party asking the question.

Collateral security, security for the performance of covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal security,

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Collateral

Col*lat"er*al\, n. 1. A collateral relative. --Ayliffe.

2. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.

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