Collateral Or  B  A From  Latin  C Noun

col·lat·er·al

I

 \\kə-ˈla-t(ə-)rəl\\ adjective1.
  a. accompanying as secondary or subordinate : 

concomitant

      digress into collateral matters
  b. 

indirect

  c. serving to support or reinforce : 

ancillary

2. belonging to the same ancestral stock but not in a direct line of descent — compare  3a
3. parallel, coordinate, or corresponding in position, order, time, or significance
    collateral states like Athens and Sparta
4.
  a. of, relating to, or being collateral used as security (as for payment of a debt or performance of a contract)
  b. secured by collateral
• col·lat·er·al·i·ty  \\-ˌla-tə-ˈra-lə-tē\\ noun
• col·lat·er·al·ly  \\-ˈla-t(ə-)rə-lē\\ adverb

II

noun1. a collateral relative
2. property (as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender
3. a branch of a bodily part (as a vein)

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col·lat·er·al
I. \kəˈlad.ərəl, -latərəl, -la.trəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle French, from Medieval Latin collateralis, from Latin com- + lateralis lateral
1. 
 a. : accompanying as a secondary fact, activity, or agency but usually extrinsic to a main consideration : similar but subordinate : , 
  < wrong on the main question and on all the collateral questions springing out of it — T.B.Macaulay >
  < digress into collateral matters >
 b. : 
  < no direct objection, but several collateral ones >
 c. : serving to support or reinforce : 
  < sometimes literature will provide the historian of art with a pretty piece of collateral evidence — Clive Bell >
2. : belonging to the same ancestral stock but not in a direct line of descent
 < brothers, cousins, uncles, and nephews are collateral kinsmen >
— distinguished from lineal; compare 
3. : placed or regarded as side by side : parallel, coordinate, or corresponding in position, order, time, or significance
 < collateral mountain ranges >
 < collateral states like Athens and Sparta >
4. 
 a. : being or belonging to an obligation or security attached to another to secure its performance
  < a collateral assurance to a deed >
  < collateral funds >
 b. : secured or guaranteed by additional security, especially by personal as opposed to real property
  < a collateral loan secured by stocks and bonds deposited with the lender >
  < a collateral loan from a finance company on one's promissory note >
5. botany, of a vascular bundle : having phloem only external to the xylem — compare 
II. noun
(-s)
1. : one that is collateral: as
 a. : a collateral relative
  < a greedy collateral who inherited the estate — J.G.Lockhart >
 b. : 
2. : something used as collateral security
3. 
 a. : a branch especially of a blood vessel, nerve, or the axon of a nerve cell
 b. : a bodily part that is lateral in position (as a ligament)
4. chiefly New England 
 a. : a miscellaneous clutter of personal belongings
  < got your collateral packed >
 b. : odds and ends of trash : 
  < a woodshed full of collateral >