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Webster 1913 Edition
Collateral
1.
Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side;
“Collateral light.” as,
. collateral
pressureShak.
2.
Acting in an indirect way.
If by direct or by
They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . .
To you in satisfaction.
collateral
handThey find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . .
To you in satisfaction.
Shakespeare
3.
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
issuesThat he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the
collateral
questions springing out of it, . . . is true. Macaulay.
4.
Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional;
as,
. collateral
evidenceYet the attempt may give
Collateral
interest to this homely tale. Wordsworth.
5.
(Genealogy)
Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; – opposed to
lineal
. ☞ Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line;
collateral
relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral
relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather. Blackstone.
Col-lat′er-al
,Noun.
1.
A collateral relative.
Ayliffe.
2.
Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
Webster 1828 Edition
Collateral
COLLATERAL
, a.1.
Being by the side, side by side, on the side, or side to side.In his bright radiance and collateral light
Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Collateral pressure is pressure on the side. So we say, collateral circumstances, circumstances which accompany a principal event.
2.
In genealogy, descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not one from the other; as distinguished from lineal. Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather.3.
Collateral security, is security for the performance of covenants or the payment of money, besides the principal security.4.
Running parallel.5.
Diffused on either side; springing from relations; as, collateral love.6.
Not direct, or immediate.If by direct or collateral hand.
7.
Concurrent; as, collateral strength.COLLATERAL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
collatéral
collatéral
See also: collateral
French
Adjective
collatéral m (feminine singular collatérale, masculine plural collatéraux, feminine plural collatérales)
Derived terms
- dommage collatéral