col|lat|er|al

col|lat|er|al
col|lat|er|al «kuh LAT uhr uhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. a) aside from the main thing; secondary: »

The teacher listed ten books about explorers as collateral reading for the chapter about discovering America.

SYNONYM(S): indirect. b) Figurative. accompanying; attendant: »

We mistake, as is usual, a collateral effect for a cause (David Hume).

3. descended from the same ancestors, but in a different line. Cousins are collateral relatives.
4. a) serving to insure fulfillment of a contract or other agreement; confirming; additional: »

collateral security.

b) secured by stocks, bonds, or other property: »

a collateral loan.

–n.
1. stocks, bonds, or other property pledged as security for a loan: »

The bank will not make a loan without collateral.

2. a collateral relative.
╂[< Medieval Latin collateralis < com- + Latin laterālis lateral, having to do with the side < latus, -eris side]
–col|lat´er|al|ly, adverb.

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