collateral

  1. Adjective.  parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
  2. Adjective.  Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
  3. Adjective.  being aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate, ancillary.
  4. Adjective.  (''family'') of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
  5. Adjective.  relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
  6. Adjective.  expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
  7. Noun.  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.).
  8. Noun.  (context, now) A collateral (not linear) family member.
  9. Noun.  A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.

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