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Horace had been playing poker with a mortician, who had put the car up as collateral.

In 2008, it was looking at a death spiral: cut credit ratings, claims on the policies, and collateral calls.

The euphemism of “collateral damage” comes with that package.

This can cause women to end up as collateral, even when they themselves have committed no wrong.

That night Gasol hobbled off his home court with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee.

From one of these, which may be considered as collateral primary meanings, it must therefore be deduced.

The commentary is not very helpful, and discusses collateral questions rather than the dream itself.

The direct and collateral hereditary tendency appears to indicate a diathetic origin.

At the front it has a one-sided irregular look; and this is owing to the non-completion of a collateral spire.

If the horse is the source, or principal trunk, the zebra and the ass will be collateral branches.

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On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to collateral, such as: ancillary, accessory, adjuvant, attendant, auxiliary, and complementary.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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