Collateral(a.) Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.
Collateral(a.) Acting in an indirect way.
Collateral(a.) 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.
Collateral(a.) Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
Collateral(a.) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.
Collateral(n.) A collateral relative.
Collateral(n.) Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
Collaterally(adv.) Side by side; by the side.
Collaterally(adv.) In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.
Collaterally(adv.) In collateral relation; not lineally.
Collateralness(n.) The state of being collateral.
Words within collateralities