— collaterality /koh lat'euh ral"i tee/ , collateralness , n. — collaterally , adv.
/keuh lat"euhr euhl/ , n.
1. security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
2. Anat.
a. a subordinate or accessory part.
b. a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve.
c. See collateral circulation .
3. a relative descended from the same stock, but in a different line.
adj.
4. accompanying; auxiliary: He received a scholarship and collateral aid.
5. additional; confirming: collateral evidence; collateral security.
6. secured by collateral: a collateral loan.
7. aside from the main subject, course, etc.; secondary: These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal.
8. descended from the same stock, but in a different line; not lineal: A cousin is a collateral relative.
9. pertaining to those so descended.
10. situated at the side: a collateral wing of a house.
11. situated or running side by side; parallel: collateral ridges of mountains.
12. Bot. standing side by side.
[ 1350-1400; ME ( collateralis, equiv. to col- COL- 1 + lateralis LATERAL ]