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collateral

[kuh-lat-er-uhl] / kəˈlæt ər əl /
ADJECTIVE
indirect, secondary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ancillary
STRONG
accessory adjuvant attendant auxiliary complementary concomitant coordinate dependent incident lateral parallel roundabout satellite side sub subordinate subsidiary supporting tributary
WEAK
accompanying added adjunctive appurtenant circuitous coincident concurrent confirmatory corresponding corroborative not lineal related subservient under
Antonyms
STRONG
chief different dissimilar important independent major necessary unrelated
WEAK
direct main primary principal
NOUN
monetary deposit
Synonyms
STRONG
assurance bond endorsement guarantee pledge promise security surety warrant wealth
Antonyms
STRONG
break uncertainty

Example Sentences

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But there is also the hard-to-quantify risk that what might appear to be sound collateral has been double-pledged across lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Following instructions, Rao took out a $22,000 loan using the family’s gold jewelry as collateral and wired the money over for auditing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

That would split the stadium from the club, and as Old Trafford is used as collateral for the current long-standing debt, how that would work is not clear either.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The clearinghouses hold the collateral on each side of a contract, transferring risk from trading parties to the clearinghouse itself.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

As it happened, Deutsche Bank had broken off relations with Mike Burry back in June, after Burry had been, in Deutsche Bank’s view, overly aggressive in his demands for collateral.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis