collateral
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Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Mediaeval Latin collaterālis, from Latin col- (“‘together with’”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus (“‘side’”).
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collateral (not comparable)
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- parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- being aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate, ancillary.
- Although not a direct cause, empire-building was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
- (family) of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.
- 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 5,
- The pure blood all descends from five collateral lines called Al-Khamsah (the Cinque).
- relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security
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parallel, along the same vein
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accompanying, concomitant
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aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate, ancillary
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of an indirect, not linear ancestral family relationship
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[edit] Noun
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collateral (plural collaterals)
- A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. (Originally supplied as "accompanying" security.)
- (now rare) A collateral (not linear) family member.
- A branch of a bodily part or system of organs
- Besides the arteries blood streams trough numerous veins we call collaterals
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security or guarantee
collateral relative
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branch of a bodily part
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printed materials to present business information
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