Dictionary definition · collateral
noun
- a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
adjective
- descended from a common ancestor but through different lines"cousins are collateral relatives"
- serving to support or corroborate"collateral evidence"
- additional but secondary; auxiliary;
- situated or running side by side"collateral ridges of mountains"
- occurring with or following as a consequence"an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).