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Meaning of collateral

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  collateral
      adj 1: descended from a common ancestor but through different
             lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect
             descendant of the Stuarts" [syn: {collateral},
             {indirect}] [ant: {direct}, {lineal}]
      2: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
         [syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming},
         {confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory},
         {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {validating},
         {validatory}, {verificatory}, {verifying}]
      3: accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a
         bombing run"
      4: situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of
         mountains"
      n 1: a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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