COLLATERAL
Scrabble letter values: C3O1L1L1A1T1E1R1A1L1 = 12
Definition
- noun a security pledged for the repayment of a loan.
- adjective descended from a common ancestor but through different lines. — synonyms: indirect
- adjective serving to support or corroborate. — synonyms: confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating
- adjective additional but secondary.
- adjective situated or running side by side.
- adjective occurring with or following as a consequence. — synonyms: attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent
Examples
- “cousins are collateral relatives”
- “an indirect descendant of the Stuarts”
- “collateral evidence”