Main entry: collateral
Definition: a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
Main entry: indirect, collateral
Definition: descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
Usage: cousins are collateral relatives; an indirect descendant of the Stuarts
Main entry: collateral
Definition: situated or running side by side
Usage: collateral ridges of mountains
Main entry: collateral
Definition: accompany, concomitant
Usage: collateral target damage from a bombing run
Main entry: collateral, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying, substantiating, substantiative, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory
Definition: serving to support or corroborate
Usage: collateral evidence