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collateral
CIDE DICTIONARY
collateral, a. [LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See Lateral.].
- Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Acting in an indirect way. [1913 Webster]"If by direct or by collateral hand
They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . .
To you in satisfaction." [1913 Webster] - Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues. [1913 Webster]"That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true." [1913 Webster]
- Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence. [1913 Webster]"Yet the attempt may give
Collateral interest to this homely tale." [1913 Webster] - Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal. [1913 Webster]" Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather." Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
collateral, n.
- A collateral relative. Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
collateral, n. & adj.
--n.
1 security pledged as a guarantee for repayment of a loan.
2 a person having the same descent as another but by a different line.
--adj.
1 descended from the same stock but by a different line.
2 side by side; parallel.
3 a additional but subordinate. b contributory. c connected but aside from the main subject, course, etc.
--n.
1 security pledged as a guarantee for repayment of a loan.
2 a person having the same descent as another but by a different line.
--adj.
1 descended from the same stock but by a different line.
2 side by side; parallel.
3 a additional but subordinate. b contributory. c connected but aside from the main subject, course, etc.
Derivative
collaterality n. collaterally adv.
Etymology
ME f. med.L collateralis (as COM-, LATERAL)
THESAURUS
collateral
accessory, accident, accidental, accompanying, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, adscititious, adventitious, affiliate, affiliated, agnate, agreeing, akin, aligned, allied, an, analogous, ancestry, ancillary, another, appendage, appurtenance, appurtenant, ascititious, associate, associated, attendant, attending, auxiliary, avuncular, blood, blood relation, blood relative, bound, bracketed, casual, caution, caution money, circumstantial, clansman, closely related, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coextending, coextensive, cognate, coincident, coinstantaneous, collateral relative, collateral security, combined, coming, concomitant, concurrent, congeneric, conjoint, conjugate, connected, connections, consanguine, consanguinean, consanguineous, contemporaneous, contemporary, conterminous, contingency, contingent, contributory, correlated, correlative, coterminous, coupled, debris, deposit, distaff side, distant relation, distantly related, enate, equal, equidistant, equispaced, even, eventual, extra, family, farther, fellow, final, flesh, flesh and blood, folks, forfeit, fortuitous, foster, fresh, further, garbage, german, germane, happenstance, implicated, incidental, indirect, inessential, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated, involved, isochronal, isochronous, joined, joint, junk, kelter, kin, kindred, kinfolk, kinnery, kinsfolk, kinsman, kinsmen, kinswoman, kith and kin, knotted, last, lined up, linked, litter, margin, matrilateral, matrilineal, matroclinous, mere chance, more, mutual, near relation, new, next of kin, nonconvergent, nondivergent, nonessential, not-self, novercal, of that ilk, of that kind, of the blood, offal, other, paired, parallel, parallelepipedal, parallelinervate, paralleling, parallelodrome, parallelogrammatic, parallelogrammic, parallelotropic, patrilateral, patrilineal, patroclinous, people, plus, posterity, related, relations, relatives, riffraff, rubbish, secondary, sib, sibling, simultaneous, spare, spear kin, spear side, spindle kin, spindle side, spliced, stake, subsidiary, superadded, superaddition, superfluous, supernumerary, supervenient, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, sword side, tied, tribesman, twin, twinned, ulterior, ultimate, unessential, unison, unisonous, uterine, uterine kin, wed, wedded, yokedROGET THESAURUS
collateral
Consanguinity
N consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood, parentage, filiation, affiliation, lineage, agnation, connection, alliance, family connection, family tie, ties of blood, nepotism, kinsman, kinfolk, kith and kin, relation, relative, connection, sibling, sib, next of kin, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, cousin, cousin- german, first cousin, second cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, ear relation, distant relation, brother, sister, one's own flesh and blood, family, fraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, cousinhood, race, stock, generation, sept, stirps, side, strain, breed, clan, tribe, nation, related, akin, consanguineous, of the blood, family, allied, collateral, cognate, agnate, connate, kindred, affiliated, fraternal, intimately related, nearly related, closely related, remotely related, distantly related, allied, german.Security
N security, guaranty, guarantee, gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, collateral, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn, pignoration, real security, vadium, stake, deposit, earnest, handsel, caution, promissory note, bill, bill of exchange, I, O, U, personal security, covenant, specialty, parole, acceptance, indorsement, signature, execution, stamp, seal, sponsor, cosponsor, sponsion, sponsorship, surety, bail, mainpernor, hostage, godchild, godfather, godmother, recognizance, deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet, record, probate, attested copy, receipt, acquittance, quittance, discharge, release, muniment, title deed, instrument, deed, deed poll, assurance, indenture, charter, charter poll, paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil, bonis avibus, gone where the woodbine twineth.Laterality
N laterality, side, flank, quarter, lee, hand, cheek, jowl, jole, wing, profile, temple, parietes, loin, haunch, hip, beam, gable, gable end, broadside, lee side, points of the compass, East, Orient, Levant, West, orientation, lateral, sidelong, collateral, parietal, flanking, skirting, flanked, sideling, many sided, multilateral, bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, Eastern, orient, oriental, Levantine, Western, occidental, Hesperian, sideways, sidelong, broadside on, on one side, abreast, alongside, beside, aside, by the side of, side by side, cheek by jowl, to windward, to leeward, laterally, right and left, on her beam ends, his cheek the may of days outworn.For further exploring for "collateral" in Webster Dictionary Online
