Collateral
Related Definitions
[n] a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
[adj] descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
[adj] situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"
[adj] accompaniment to something else; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
[adj] serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
Synonyms
confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, indirect, parallel, secondary, substantiating, substantiative, supportive, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
Related Terms
accessory, accident, accidental, accompanying, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, adscititious, adventitious, affiliate, affiliated, agnate, agreeing, akin, aligned, allied, an, analogous, ancestry, ancillary, another, appendage, appurtenance, appur