collateral

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collateral Definition

• (a) descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
• (n) a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
• (s) serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
• (s) accompaniment to something else; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
• (s) situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"

collateral Synonyms

• collateral
• confirmative
• confirmatory
• confirming
• corroborative
• corroboratory
• indirect
• substantiating
• substantiative
• validating
• validatory
• verificatory
• verifying