Definitions
1.nounA security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
2.noun(genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
3.nounA branch of a bodily part or system of organs."Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals."
4.nounPrinted materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
5.nounA thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
6.nounA contemporary or rival.
7.adjectiveParallel, along the same vein, side by side.
8.adjectiveCorresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
9.adjectiveBeing aside from the main subject, target, or goal."Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war."
10.adjective(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency."Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives."
11.adjectiveRelating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
12.adjectiveExpensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
13.adjectiveComing or directed along the side."collateral pressure"
14.adjectiveActing in an indirect way.
15.adjective(of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.