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ər 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.
2.
Anatomy.
a.
a subordinate or accessory part.
b.
a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve.
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.
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collateral (kɒˈlætərəl, kə-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. security pledged for the repayment of a loan |
| b. (as modifier): a collateral loan | |
| 2. | a person, animal, or plant descended from the same ancestor as another but through a different line |
| —adj | |
| 3. | situated or running side by side |
| 4. | descended from a common ancestor but through different lines |
| 5. | serving to support or corroborate |
| 6. | aside from the main issue |
| 7. | uniting in tendency |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin com- together + laterālis of the side, from latus side] | |
| col'laterally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
collateral
late 14c., "accompanying," also "descended from the same stock," 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.)). Lit. sense of "parallel, along the
side of" attested in Eng. from c.1450.
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Medical Dictionary
collateral col·lat·er·al (kə-lāt'ər-əl)
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·lat'er·al·ly adv.
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Example sentences
So it probably will be with many whole collateral lines of descent, which will be conquered by later and improved lines.
Minimizing collateral damage has become a major constraint in modern war fighting.
Fictionists were granted their fictions with less collateral damage to their biographies in those days.
As long as the borrower is determined to hold on to the collateral, he or she will probably go on servicing the debt.
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