collateral
/kəˈlætəɹəl/
collateral adjective: parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
Adjective
collateral (not comparable)
- Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
- 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.2013 February 6, Jen Christiensen, “Vonn’s injury ‘career-delayer,’ not ‘career ender’”, in CNN
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- Yet the attempt may give / Collateral interest to this homely tale.1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
- Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- collateral damage
- Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
- Synonyms:
- tangential, subordinate, ancillary
- Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- a collateral descendant
- Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.
- Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
- Coming or directed along the side.
- collateral pressure
- collateral lightc. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Acting in an indirect way.
- If by direct or by collateral hand
They find us touched, we will our kingdom give […]
To you in satisfaction.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- If by direct or by collateral hand
- Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
Noun
collateral (countable and uncountable, plural collaterals)
- A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- "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."2016, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, “Euro 'house of cards' to collapse, warns ECB prophet”, in The Telegraph
- 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.2019 August 14, Matthew Desmond, “In order to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- collateral security, pledge
- A collateral (not linear) family member.
- A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
- Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals.
- Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
- A contemporary or rival.
- An instance of hitting two or more targets, often enemy players, with a single shot, usually when they are lined up behind each other.
collateral meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
collateral in Hindi
- संपार्श्विक
collateral in Tamil
- நரம்பிழையிலிருந்து வெளிச்செல்லும் கிளை, இணை மருங்கு, இணைக் கிளை, பக்கவிணை, மாற்று வழி, ஒருங்குகிடக்கின்ற
collateral in Marathi
- collateral
- तारण tāraṇ
collateral in Urdu
- مطابق, متوازی, ہم عصر, رقیب, رہن, گروی
More languagesFewer languages
- collateral in Telugu
- అనుషంగికం, అనుషంగిక, అనుషంగికము
- collateral in Malayalam
- അധികജാമ്യം, വായ്പയ്ക്കു ജാമ്യമായി നൽകുന്ന ആസ്തി, പണയപ്പാട്, പണയവസ്തു
- collateral in Kannada
- ಮೇಲಾಧಾರ, ಮೇಲಾಧಾರದ
- collateral in Gujarati
- કોલેટરલ, સંપાર્શ્વિક
- collateral in Nepali
- संपार्श्विक
- collateral in Indonesian
- kolateral, barang jaminan
Examples of collateral in a sentence
- That he [Atterbury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, […] is true.1878, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Francis Atterbury”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition:
- The pure blood all descends from five collateral lines called Al-Khamsah (the Cinque).1885, Richard Francis Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 5:
Synonyms of collateral
Forms of collateral
| plural | collaterals |
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Origin of collateral
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.
Words formed from collateral
- 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
Phrases with collateral
Words that rhyme with collateral
- lateral
- bilateral
- equilateral
- multilateral
- unilateral
- longilateral
- quadrilateral
- trilateral
- acousticolateral
- ambilateral
- anterolateral
- apicolateral
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- axiolateral
- basilateral
- basolateral
- caudolateral
- centrolateral
- contralateral
- costolateral
- counterlateral
- craniolateral
- dextrolateral
- distolateral
- dorsolateral
- ectolateral
- frontolateral
- hemilateral
- heterolateral
- homolateral
- inferolateral
- ipsilateral
- isolateral
- labiolateral
- laterolateral
- left lateral
- linguolateral
- matrilateral
- mediolateral
- mesiolateral
- mesolateral
- midlateral
- monolateral
- obliquolateral
- occipitolateral
- octavolateral
- octolateral
- omnilateral
- orbitolateral
- palmarolateral
- patrilateral
- plantolateral
- plurilateral
- polylateral
- posterolateral
- prolateral
- proximolateral
- retrolateral
- right lateral
- rostrolateral
- sacrolateral
Questions about collateral
- What does collateral mean?
- Collateral means parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
- What is collateral in Hindi?
- Collateral in Hindi is संपार्श्विक. See Collateral meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use collateral in a sentence?
- That he [Atterbury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, […] is true.
- What part of speech is collateral?
- Collateral can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce collateral?
- Collateral is pronounced /kəˈlætəɹəl/.
Words near collateral in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: collateral (page history and authors); collateral (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collateral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तारण (Marathi) (page history and authors); collateral (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); collateral (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collateral (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); collateral (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collateral (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collateral (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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