[kəˈlat(ə)rəl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default
(e.g: she put her house up as collateral for the bank loan)

- a person having the same ancestor as another but through a different line


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective): from medieval Latin collateralis, from col- ‘together with’ + lateralis (from latus, later- ‘side’). collateral (originally US) is from the phrase collateral security, denoting something pledged in addition to the main obligation of a contract

[kəˈlat(ə)rəl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- additional but subordinate; secondary
(e.g: the collateral meanings of a word)

- descended from the same stock but by a different line
(e.g: a collateral descendant of Robert Burns)

- situated side by side; parallel
(e.g: collateral veins)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as an adjective): from medieval Latin collateralis, from col- ‘together with’ + lateralis (from latus, later- ‘side’). collateral (originally US) is from the phrase collateral security, denoting something pledged in addition to the main obligation of a contract