Collateral Meaning and Definition


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Collateral meaning

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


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