Collaterally

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.