collateral

/kəˈlætəɹəl/ · noun

Meaning

A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
(genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
A contemporary or rival.
Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.

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