collateral

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Mediaeval Latin collaterālis, from Latin col- (“‘together with’”) + the stem of latus (“‘side’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈlætəɹəl/, SAMPA: /k@"l{t@r@l/

[edit] Adjective

collateral (not comparable)

1. Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
2. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
3. Being aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate, ancillary.

   Although not a direct cause, empire-building was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.

4. (family) Of an indirect ancestral relationship that includes aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews, as opposed to lineal descendency.
   • 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 5,

     The pure blood all descends from five collateral lines called Al-Khamsah (the Cinque).

5. Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security

[edit] Derived terms

• collaterality
• collaterally
• collateral damage
• collateral security

[edit] Related terms

• lateral

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[edit] Noun

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Collateral

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collateral (plural collaterals)

1. 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.)
2. (now rare) A collateral family member.
3. A branch of a bodily part or system of organs

   Besides the arteries blood streams trough numerous veins we call collaterals

[edit] Derived terms

• marketing collateral

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[edit] See also

• mortgage