collateral

see definition of collateral

adjindirect, secondary

nounmonetary deposit

Synonyms for collateral

adj indirect, secondary

Antonyms for collateral

coincident

adjective. concurring, happening together

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "accompanying," also "descended from the same stock," from Old French collateral (13c.), from Medieval Latin collateralis "accompanying," literally "side by side," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + lateralis "of the side," from latus "a side" (see oblate (n.)). Literal sense of "parallel, along the side of" attested in English from mid-15c. Related: Collaterally.

Example Sentences for collateral

Then here is indirect heredity, that of the collateral branches.

Both testimonies are unsupported by any collateral evidence.

I am to be the collateral for a loan which you are to secure from him.

You offer your daughter, as security for the loan; he accepts the collateral!

The truth of his statements cannot be established by any collateral evidence.

Collateral and incidental questions cannot be pursued in details.

Walker (Mrs. Elizabeth), a collateral relation to Shakspeare, 21.

But there were collateral descents from Shakespeare's sister.

The collateral evidence, however, is to the effect that it was in 1813.

A right of blood, although on the Champney side distant and collateral.

collateral

Synonyms for collateral

Antonyms for collateral

bail

bond

bonds

circuitous

coincident

collateral

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Antonyms for collateral

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bail

bond

bonds

circuitous

coincident

Synonyms for collateral

ancillary