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collateral - a security pledged for the repayment of a loan |
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security interest any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation
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guarantee,
guaranty a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
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| adjektiv |
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collateral - serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" |
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confirmative,
confirming,
confirmatory,
corroborative,
corroboratory,
substantiating,
substantiative,
validating,
validatory,
verificatory,
verifying |
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supportive furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"
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collateral - descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" |
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indirect |
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direct,
lineal lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
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related connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
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collateral - situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains" |
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parallel being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
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collateral - accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run" |
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secondary belonging to a lower class or rank
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