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Definitions of collateral
  1. adjective
    occurring with or following as a consequence
    "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
  2. adjective
    descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
    "cousins are collateral relatives"

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  3. adjective
    serving to support or corroborate
    "collateral evidence"
  4. adjective
    additional but secondary; auxiliary

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  5. noun
    a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
  6. adjective
    situated or running side by side
    "collateral ridges of mountains"

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Definition that contains collateral
  • guarantee a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
  • mortgage put up as security or collateral
  • margin the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
  • foreclosure the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default
  • repossession the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)
  • guaranty a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults
  • security deposit the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
  • collateralize pledge as a collateral
  • portal hypertension increase in blood pressure in the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the liver (often associated with alcoholic cirrhosis), causing enlargement of the spleen and collateral veins
  • secured bond a bond that is back by collateral
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