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COLLATERAL

Definition:

[noun] a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
[adjective] descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
Synonyms: indirect
[adjective] serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
Synonyms: confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
[adjective] accompaniment to something else; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
[adjective] situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"