collateral

Adjective
  1. Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines (synset 301420079)
    "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
    also: related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage
    same as: indirect
  2. Serving to support or corroborate (synset 302364077)
    "collateral evidence"
    similar to: supportive - furnishing support or assistance
    same as: confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
  3. Additional but secondary;
    Auxiliary (synset 301860348)
    similar to: secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
  4. Situated or running side by side (synset 301722845)
    "collateral ridges of mountains"
    similar to: parallel - being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
  5. Occurring with or following as a consequence (synset 300123654)
    "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
    similar to: subsequent - following in time or order
    same as: accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequent, ensuant, incidental, resultant, sequent
Noun
  1. A security pledged for the repayment of a loan (synset 113373880)
    is a type of: security interest - any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation
    subtypes: guarantee, guaranty - a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults

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