COLLATERAL





Definition:

  1. [noun] a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

  2. [adjective] descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
    Synonyms: indirect

  3. [adjective] serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
    Synonyms: confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying

  4. [adjective] accompaniment to something else; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"

  5. [adjective] situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"

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