col·lat·er·al (k -l t r- 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.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin collater lis : Latin com-, com- + Latin latus, later-, side.]
col·lat er·al·ly adv. |
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]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | collateral - a security pledged for the repayment of a loansecurity 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"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" |
collateral
Translationscollateral [kɔˈlætərəl] n (
COMM) →
garantía subsidiaria collateral [kəˈlætərl] n → nantissement m
collateral [kəˈlætərl] n (
Comm) →
(zusätzliche) Sicherheit f