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Collateral - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Collateral : adj
1: descended from a common ancestor but through different
lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an
indirect descendant of the Stuarts" [syn: indirect]
[ant: lineal]
2: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
[syn: confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative,
corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating,
validatory, verificatory, verifying]
3: accompaniment to something else; "collateral target damage
from a bombing run"
4: situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of
mountains"
(noun)
1: a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Collateral : \Col*lat"er*al\, a. [LL. collateralis; col- _
lateralis lateral. See Lateral.]
1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as,
collateral pressure. ``Collateral light.'' --Shak.
2. Acting in an indirect way.
If by direct or by collateral hand They find us
touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in
satisfaction. --Shak.
3. 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.
That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on
the main question, and on all the collateral
questions springing out of it, . . . is true.
--Macaulay.
4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something
else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
Yet the attempt may give Collateral interest to this
homely tale. --Wordsworth.
5. (Genealogy) Descending from the same stock or ancestor,
but not in the same line or branch or one from the other;
-- opposed to lineal.
Note: Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct
line; collateral relations spring from a common
ancestor, but from different branches of that common
stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are
collateral relations, having different fathers, but a
common grandfather. --Blackstone.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Collateral : \Col*lat"er*al\, n.
1. A collateral relative. --Ayliffe.
2. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as
collateral security.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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COLLATERAL, collateralis. Based on latus, a side; that which is sideways, and
not direct.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Collateral : Collateral: In anatomy, a collateral is a subordinate or accessory part. A collateral is also a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve.
After a coronary artery occlusion, collaterals (that is, collateral vessels) often develop to shunt blood around the blockage.
The word "collateral" comes from the Latin "col-", with _ "latus", side = with the side, situated at the side. (The prefix "col-" is a variant form of "com-" meaning "with" that is used before an
"l".) Hence, collateral means accessory, subordinate, secondary, serving to support or reinforce.
In the sense of being on the side and in the sense of serving to support or reinforce, there are collateral ligaments outside of the knee joint. The collateral ligaments help provide stability and
strength to the knee joint: 
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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