collateral
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- n a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
- a descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
cousins are collateral relatives - s serving to support or corroborate
collateral evidence - s accompany, concomitant
collateral target damage from a bombing run - s situated or running side by side
collateral ridges of mountains
- About 17,000 tons of parmesan cheese lie in the vaults of Credito Emiliano, a regional bank that accepts the cheese as collateral for loans.
- As collateral security for the loan, Defendants granted a first priority security interest in and to certain collateral (the"Collateral"), subject only to those permitted liens .
- By midyear, the insurer had been forced to post collateral of $16.