collateral
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Definition of collateral:
a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run" situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains" |