Collateral - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kəˈlætərəl|
Brit.
|kəˈlæt(ə)r(ə)l|
noun
- a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
adjective
- serving to support or corroborate (syn: confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory)
- situated or running side by side
collateral evidence
- additional but secondary; auxiliary- situated or running side by side
collateral ridges of mountains
- occurring with or following as a consequence (syn: accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequent, incidental, resultant, sequent)collateral target damage from a bombing run
Extra examples
He digressed into collateral matters.
The Rocky Mountains occur occasionally in collateral ridges.
We put up our home as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme.
There may be collateral benefits to the scheme.
He secured a loan using his house as collateral.
He pledged his paintings as collateral for a loan.
Hitting any non-military targets would risk 'collateral damage'.
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