Word: Collateral
How to pronounce: kəˈlæt(ə)rəl
Noun
Definitions:
1. Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default.
Example sentences: "She put her house up as collateral for the bank loan"
2. A person having the same descent in a family as another but by a different line.
Example sentences: "A few days later, two powerful Sandhanvalia Sardars, Atar Singh and Ajit Singh, collaterals of the royal contenders for the throne, arrived in Lahore and took over control."
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Additional but subordinate; secondary.
Example sentences: "The collateral meanings of a word"
2. Descended from the same stock but by a different line.
Example sentences: "A collateral descendant of George Washington"
3. Situated side by side; parallel.
Example sentences: "Collateral veins"
Synonyms:
lien
bail
mortgage
surety
recognizance
pledge
security deposit
deposit
indirect
Derivations:
collate
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Collateral in Other Languages...
Spanish: Colateral
German: Sicherheit
French: Collatéraux
Italian: Collaterale
Turkish: Yardımcı
