English English Dictionary
Result for Collateral
Collateral
(a.)
Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.
Collateral
(a.)
Acting in an indirect way.
Collateral
(a.)
Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.
Collateral
(a.)
Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
Collateral
(a.)
Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.
Collateral
(n.)
A collateral relative.
Collateral
(n.)
Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.