COLLATERAL — Definition of COLLATERAL
noun
1
A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
2
(genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
3
A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals.
4
Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
adjective
1
Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
2
Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
3
Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
4
(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collateral
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