Definitions for collateral

Definitions for (noun) collateral

Main entry: collateral

Definition: a security pledged for the repayment of a loan


Definitions for (adj) collateral

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


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