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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COLLATERAL, a.
1. Being by the side, side by side, on the side, or side to side.
In his bright radiance and collateral light
Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Collateral pressure is pressure on the side. So we say, collateral circumstances, circumstances which accompany a principal event.
2. In genealogy, descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not one from the other; as distinguished from lineal. Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather.
3. Collateral security, is security for the performance of covenants or the payment of money, besides the principal security.
4. Running parallel.
5. Diffused on either side; springing from relations; as, collateral love.
6. Not direct, or immediate.
If by direct or collateral hand.
7. Concurrent; as, collateral strength.
COLLATERAL, n. A collateral relation or kinsman.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" [syn: collateral, indirect] [ant: direct, lineal]
2: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying]
3: accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
4: situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains" n
1: a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collateralis, from Latin com- + lateralis lateral Date: 14th century 1. a. accompanying as secondary or subordinate ; concomitant <digress into collateral matters> b. indirect c. serving to support or reinforce ; ancillary 2. belonging to the same ancestral stock but not in a direct line of descent — compare lineal 3a 3. parallel, coordinate, or corresponding in position, order, time, or significance <collateral states like Athens and Sparta> 4. a. of, relating to, or being collateral used as security (as for payment of a debt or performance of a contract) b. secured by collateral • collaterality noun • collaterally adverb II. noun Date: 1691 1. a collateral relative 2. property (as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender 3. a branch of a bodily part (as a vein)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 security pledged as a guarantee for repayment of a loan. 2 a person having the same descent as another but by a different line. --adj. 1 descended from the same stock but by a different line. 2 side by side; parallel. 3 a additional but subordinate. b contributory. c connected but aside from the main subject, course, etc. Derivatives: collaterality n. collaterally adv. Etymology: ME f. med.L collateralis (as COM-, LATERAL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Collateral Col*lat"er*al, a. [LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See Lateral.] 1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. ``Collateral light.'' --Shak. 2. Acting in an indirect way. If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. --Shak. 3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues. That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true. --Macaulay. 4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence. Yet the attempt may give Collateral interest to this homely tale. --Wordsworth. 5. (Genealogy) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal. Note: Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather. --Blackstone.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Collateral Col*lat"er*al, n. 1. A collateral relative. --Ayliffe. 2. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Collateral is money or property which is used as a guarantee that someone will repay a loan. (FORMAL) Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral. = security N-UNCOUNT: oft as N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Indirect, subordinate, not directly to the point. 2. Corroboratory, confirmatory, concurrent.

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