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    collateral
    /kəˈlat(ə)rəl/

    noun

    • 1. something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default: "she put her house up as collateral for the bank loan"
    • 2. a person having the same ancestor as another but through a different line.

    adjective

    • 1. additional but subordinate; secondary: "the collateral meanings of a word"
    • 2. descended from the same stock but by a different line: "a collateral descendant of Robert Burns"

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