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s | collateral |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective collateral is

collateral.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    collateral

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
  • Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Yet the attempt may give / Collateral interest to this homely tale.
  • Being aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate, ancillary.
    • Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
  • * Macaulay
    • That he [Atterbury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, is true.
  • (family ) of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
    • ''Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.
  • * 1885 , , The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , volume 5,
    • The pure blood all descends from five collateral lines called Al-Khamsah (the Cinque).
  • relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security
  • expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan
  • Coming or directed along the side.
    • collateral pressure
  • * Shakespeare
    • collateral light
  • Acting in an indirect way.
  • * Shakespeare
    • If by direct or by collateral hand / They find us touched, we will our kingdom give / To you in satisfaction.

    Derived terms

    * collaterality * collaterally * collateral damage * collateral form * collateral material * collateral security

    Related terms

    * lateral

    Noun

    (wikipedia collateral) (en noun)
  • A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. (Originally supplied as "accompanying" security.)
  • A collateral (not linear) family member.
  • A branch of a bodily part or system of organs
    • ''Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals
  • (marketing) printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material)
  • A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel gets occluded.

    • Derived terms

    * marketing collateral

    Related terms

    * lateral

    See also

    * mortgage