English Dictionary

collateral

/kəˈlætəɹəl/

adj

Parallel, along the same vein, side by side. / Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant. / Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.

The two parallel lines serve as collateral for the loan.

意味（1）

Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.

意味（2）

Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.

Yet the attempt may give

Yet the attempt may give Collateral interest to this homely tale.

意味（3）

Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.

Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.

意味（4）

(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.

Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.

意味（5）

(finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.

意味（6）

(finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.

意味（7）

Coming or directed along the side.

collateral pressure

意味（8）

Acting in an indirect way.

If by direct or by collateral hand

They find us touched, we will our kingdom give […]

If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give […] To you in satisfaction.

意味（9）

(biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.