collateral :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

adj. situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"

adj. accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"

adj. descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"

validating, confirming, confirmative, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validatory, verificatory, verifying

adj. serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"

bond, bond certificate

n. a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal

security, certificate

n. a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends; "he held several valuable securities"

act, deed

n. a written account of ownership or obligation

insurance, coverage

n. promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company

subordinate, low-level

adj. lower in rank or importance

concomitant, attendant, accompanying, incidental to

adj. following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"

antiparallel

adj. (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed; "antiparallel vectors"

simultaneous, in parallel

adj. occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events"

nonconvergent, nonintersecting

adj. (of lines, planes, or surfaces) never meeting or crossing

alternative, alternate

adj. allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"

subsidiary, auxiliary, supplementary, supplemental

adj. functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

secondhand

adj. derived from what is primary or original; not firsthand; "a secondhand report"; "a secondhand account of a memory of something once read"; "most of our knowledge is secondhand"

standby, substitute, second-string, stand-by

adj. being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team

tributary

adj. of a stream; flowing into a larger stream

utility, substitute

adj. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"

vicarious

adj. experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement"

accessory, adjuvant, subsidiary, adjunct, auxiliary, ancillary, appurtenant

adj. furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"

certificatory

adj. serving to certify or endorse authoritatively

demonstrative of

adj. serving to prove or demonstrate; "the oath of office is...demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject"- John Marshall

direct, lineal

adj. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"

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