collateral
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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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.
Inflected forms:
form: collaterals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
gloss: Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Yet the attempt may give / Collateral interest to this homely tale.
gloss: Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: collateral damage
Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
That he [Atterbury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, […] is true.
gloss: Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a collateral descendant
Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.
The pure blood all descends from five collateral lines called Al-Khamsah (the Cinque).
gloss: Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Coming or directed along the side.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: collateral pressure
collateral light
gloss: Acting in an indirect way.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: If by direct or by collateral hand
 They find us touched, we will our kingdom give […]
 To you in satisfaction.
gloss: Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: "The decline in the quality of eligible collateral is a grave problem. The ECB is now buying corporate bonds that are close to junk, and the haircuts can barely deal with a one-notch credit downgrade. The reputational risk of such actions by a central bank would have been unthinkable in the past."
In colonial times, when land was not worth much and banks didn’t exist, most lending was based on human property. In the early 1700s, slaves were the dominant collateral in South Carolina.
gloss: A collateral (not linear) family member.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals.
gloss: Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A contemporary or rival.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
uncountable
gloss: An instance of hitting two or more targets, often enemy players, with a single shot, usually when they are lined up behind each other.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Related words: lateral
mortgage
Derived words: bicollateral
collateral artery
collateral circulation
collateral damage
collateral energy
collateral estoppel
collateral form
collaterality
collateralization
collaterally
collateral material
collateralness
collateral review
collateral science
collateral security
collateral vein
collateral vessel
medial collateral ligament
pericollateral
recollateralization
transcollateral
collateralise
collateralize
marketing collateral
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: nevenverwant
lang: Dutch
word: zijdelings verwant
lang: French
word: collatéral
lang: German
word: entfernter Verwandter
lang: German
word: entfernte Verwandte
lang: German
word: weitläufige Verwandtschaft
lang: Hungarian
word: oldalági rokon
lang: Portuguese
word: colateral
lang: Russian
word: да́льний ро́дственник
roman: dálʹnij ródstvennik
lang: Russian
word: да́льняя ро́дственница
roman: dálʹnjaja ródstvennica
lang: Turkish
word: soydaş