collateral
Finance. property or other assets pledged by a borrower as security for the repayment of a loan: He gave the bank stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
Anatomy.
a subordinate or accessory part.
a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve.
a relative descended from the same stock, but in a different line.
accompanying; auxiliary: He received a scholarship and collateral aid.
additional; confirming: collateral evidence;collateral security.
secured by collateral: a collateral loan.
aside from the main subject, course, etc.; secondary: These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal.
descended from the same stock, but in a different line; not lineal: A cousin is a collateral relative.
pertaining to those so descended.
situated at the side: a collateral wing of a house.
situated or running side by side; parallel: collateral ridges of mountains.
Botany. standing side by side.
Origin of collateral
1Other words from collateral
- col·lat·er·al·i·ty [koh-lat-uh-ral-i-tee], /koʊˌlæt əˈræl ɪ ti/, col·lat·er·al·ness, noun
- col·lat·er·al·ly, adverb
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How to use collateral in a sentence
For the medical community, in particular, the war on drugs produced widespread collateral damage in the form of treatments undiscovered, in the form of human suffering unalleviated, in the form of scientific knowledge unattained.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | FreakonomicsSoon, even their dream home was at risk as collateral for a line of credit from AvidBank.
The Mystery House: How a Suspicious Multimillion Dollar Real Estate Deal Is Connected to California’s Deadliest Fire | by Scott Morris, Bay City News Foundation | August 26, 2020 | ProPublicaSid Coelho-Prabhu, who is leading the Coinbase wallet initiative, says any loans consumers make on the platform are secure, since they are backed by borrowers’ collateral.
Most of these sites—notably Compound and Maker—rely on a decentralized network of lenders and borrowers, who use smart contracts to arrange collateral and payment terms.
The move comes in the wake of mounting concern about the scale of predatory lending given the proliferation of startups offering online, collateral-free loans in Kenya.
Kenya is doubling down on regulating mobile loan apps to combat predatory lending | Yomi Kazeem | July 23, 2020 | Quartz
Horace had been playing poker with a mortician, who had put the car up as collateral.
In 2008, it was looking at a death spiral: cut credit ratings, claims on the policies, and collateral calls.
Remember the $182 Billion AIG Bailout? It Just Wasn’t Generous Enough | Daniel Gross | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe euphemism of “collateral damage” comes with that package.
Blood and War: The Hard Truth About ‘Boots on the Ground’ | Clive Irving | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis can cause women to end up as collateral, even when they themselves have committed no wrong.
How India’s Honor Culture Perpetuates Mass Rape | Amana Fontanella-Khan | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat night Gasol hobbled off his home court with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
From one of these, which may be considered as collateral primary meanings, it must therefore be deduced.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamThe commentary is not very helpful, and discusses collateral questions rather than the dream itself.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe direct and collateral hereditary tendency appears to indicate a diathetic origin.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawAt the front it has a one-sided irregular look; and this is owing to the non-completion of a collateral spire.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusIf the horse is the source, or principal trunk, the zebra and the ass will be collateral branches.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
British Dictionary definitions for collateral
/ (kɒˈlætərəl, kə-) /
security pledged for the repayment of a loan
(as modifier): a collateral loan
a person, animal, or plant descended from the same ancestor as another but through a different line
situated or running side by side
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
serving to support or corroborate
aside from the main issue
uniting in tendency
Origin of collateral
1Derived forms of collateral
- collaterally, adverb
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Cultural definitions for collateral
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