collateral

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
2. (not-comparable) Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
3. (not-comparable) Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
4. (not-comparable) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
5. (not-comparable) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
6. (not-comparable) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
7. (not-comparable) Coming or directed along the side.
8. (not-comparable) Acting in an indirect way.
9. (not-comparable) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A collateral (not linear) family member.
3. (countable, uncountable) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
4. (countable, uncountable) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
5. (countable, uncountable) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A contemporary or rival.

Synonyms

security

parallel

pledge

accessory

indirect

auxiliary

concomitant

ancillary

collateral security

guarantee

supplementary

confirming

additional

corroborative

assistant

verificatory

accompanying

concurrent

validating

warrant

supplemental

verifying

substantiative

surety

confirmative

confirmatory

mortgage securities

tributary

secondary

pawn

subsidiary

lateral

corroboratory

backing

deposit

bail

substantiating

validatory

coordinate

attending

consequential

attendant

adjunctive

assurance

incidental

helpful

hallmark

conducive

associate

adjunct

Translations

collatéral

collaterale

colateral

colateral

garantie

begleitend

Sicherheit

kollateral

collateraal

nantissement

collatérale

Pfand

seitlich

zijdelings

gage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈlætəɹəl/

Etymology

Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collaterālis, from Latin col- (“together with”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus (“side”). By surface analysis, col- + lateral.