collateral

col·lat·er·al  (k-ltr-l)

adj.

1. Situated or running side by side; parallel.

2. Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying.

3. Serving to support or corroborate: collateral evidence.

4. Of a secondary nature; subordinate: collateral target damage from a bombing run.

5. Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation: a collateral loan.

6. Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.

n.

1. Property acceptable as security for a loan or other obligation.

2. A collateral relative.

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

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col·later·al·ly adv.

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collateral

Noun

1. security pledged for the repayment of a loan

2. a person, animal, or plant descended from the same ancestor as another but through a different line

Adjective

1. descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

2. additional but subordinate: a spokeswoman said that there was no collateral information to dispute the assurances the government had been given

3. situated or running side by side: collateral ridges of mountains [Latin com- together + lateralis of the side]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	collateral - a security pledged for the repayment of a loan security interest - any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation guaranty, guarantee - a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
Adj.	1.	collateral - descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" indirect related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage lineal, direct - in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
	2.	collateral - serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming supportive - furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"
	3.	collateral - accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run" secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
	4.	collateral - situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains" parallel - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"

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collateral

noun security, guarantee, deposit, assurance, surety, pledge

Translations

collateral [kɔˈlætərəl] n (COMM) → garantía subsidiaria

collateral [kəˈlætərl] n → nantissement m

collateral [kəˈlætərl] n (Comm) → (zusätzliche) Sicherheit f

collateral [kɔˈlætərəl] n → garanzia