Dictionary definition for: Collateral
1. (n) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
2. (a) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives" "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
3. (s) serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
4. (s) accompaniment to something else; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
5. (s) situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"
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