American English pronunciation
How to pronounce collateral
IPA transcription: [kə'lætɚəl]
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Noun
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a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
Adjective
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descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
“cousins are collateral relatives”
“an indirect descendant of the Stuarts”
Adjective
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serving to support or corroborate
“collateral evidence”
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accompany, concomitant
“collateral target damage from a bombing run”
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situated or running side by side
“collateral ridges of mountains”
Usage examples
- Many of their ancestors were collateral cousins of King Kamehameha the First.
- The securities serve as collateral for the loan.
- His family were distant collateral relatives to the Argead dynasty.
- The result being the development of collateral circulation.
- This pruning of connections occurs through the elimination of the unnecessary collaterals.
- This is known as collateral circulation.
- Collateral of any kind?
- Beyond their ceremonial duties, the Marines collaterally train in the field as infantrymen.
- Collateral of any kind?
- Collateral of any kind?