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collateral

col·la·te·ral

UK/kəˈlætəɹəl/ US/kʌˈlætɜrʌl/ fairly common
adjective (4) noun (1)

adjective

1.

descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

  • “cousins are collateral relatives”
  • “an indirect descendant of the Stuarts”
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2.
3.

accompaniment to something else

  • “collateral target damage from a bombing run”
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4.

situated or running side by side

  • “collateral ridges of mountains”
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noun

1.

a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

Origin

Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin col- (“together with”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus (“side”). By surface analysis, col- + lateral.

Phrases

  • collateral artery
  • collateral circulation
  • collateral damage
  • collateral energy
  • collateral estoppel
  • collateral form
  • collateral material
  • collateral review
  • marketing collateral

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