collateral
collateral Lexical Profile
collateral Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Something pledged as security for the repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default.
"She put up her commercial property as collateral to secure the business loan from the bank."
A collection of media and promotional materials used to support the sales and marketing of a product or service.
"The design agency updated all of the company's marketing collateral, including brochures and digital pitch decks."
A person having the same ancestor as another but through a different line of descent; a collateral relative.
"Genealogists traced both direct descendants and distant collaterals across three centuries of parish records."
• adjective
Additional but subordinate; secondary or accompanying, especially as an unintended consequence.
"The new regulations had the collateral effect of slowing down small business applications."
Descended from the same ancestral stock, but by a different line of descent rather than directly from parent to child.
"With no direct heirs to the estate, the property passed to a collateral branch of the family."
Situated or running side by side; parallel (especially of anatomical blood vessels or nerves).
"Collateral circulation allowed blood to bypass the blocked artery and reach the surrounding tissue."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Medieval Latin collateralis ('accompanying, side by side'), formed from com- ('together') and latus ('side, flank').