| collateral | |
| 1. adj. Parallel, along the same vein, side by side. | |
| 2. adj. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant. | |
| 3. adj. Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal; tangential, subordinate, ancillary. | |
| Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war. | |
| collateral damage | |
| 4. adj. Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency. | |
| Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives. | |
| 5. adj. Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security. | |
| 6. adj. Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan. | |
| 7. adj. Coming or directed along the side. | |
| collateral pressure | |
| 8. adj. Acting in an indirect way. | |
| 9. n. A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. (Originally supplied as "accompanying" security.) | |
| 10. n. (now rare) A collateral (not linear) family member. | |
| 11. n. A branch of a bodily part or system of organs. | |
| Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals | |
| 12. n. (marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material). | |
| 13. n. A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded. | |
| 14. n. (archaic) A contemporary or rival. | |
