collateral
noun
property or other assets pledged by a borrower as security for the repayment of a loan.
collaterally
-
a word derived from
collateral.
Example Sentences
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But his claim was rejected by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals under a 1994 precedent that disallows using such lawsuits to collaterally attack criminal convictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
But 9/11, the 2001 terrorist attack by Islamist extremists, collaterally and paradoxically grounded Rushdie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
I’m assuming this collaterally means my kids will also not have a relationship with my father, which I’m mostly fine with.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2020
Their challenge, English argues, was how to “convict Bulger without collaterally tarnishing the reputation of the system they represented.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2015
But of course collaterally it presents many features of likeness and analogy, and may be compared with Braithwaite's earlier view to which I shall presently advert.
From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by William Carew Hazlitt
