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COLLATERAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A security pledged for the repayment of a loan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("collateral" is a kind of...):
security interest (any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "collateral"):
guarantee; guaranty (a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults)
Derivation:
collateral (serving to support or corroborate)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Occurring with or following as a consequence
Example:
collateral target damage from a bombing run
Synonyms:
accompanying; attendant; collateral; concomitant; consequent; ensuant; incidental; resultant; sequent
Classified under:
Similar:
subsequent (following in time or order)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
Example:
an indirect descendant of the Stuarts
Synonyms:
collateral; indirect
Classified under:
Also:
related (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)
Antonym:
lineal (in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Situated or running side by side
Example:
collateral ridges of mountains
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
parallel (being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Additional but secondary; auxiliary
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
secondary (being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Serving to support or corroborate
Example:
collateral evidence
Synonyms:
collateral; confirmative; confirmatory; confirming; corroborative; corroboratory; substantiating; substantiative; validating; validatory; verificatory; verifying
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
supportive (furnishing support or assistance)
Derivation:
collateral (a security pledged for the repayment of a loan)
