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collateral

[kuh-lat-er-uhl] / kəˈlæt ər əl /
ADJECTIVE
indirect, secondary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ancillary
STRONG
accessory adjuvant attendant auxiliary complementary concomitant coordinate dependent incident lateral parallel roundabout satellite side sub subordinate subsidiary supporting tributary
WEAK
accompanying added adjunctive appurtenant circuitous coincident concurrent confirmatory corresponding corroborative not lineal related subservient under
Antonyms
STRONG
chief different dissimilar important independent major necessary unrelated
WEAK
direct main primary principal
NOUN
monetary deposit
Synonyms
STRONG
assurance bond endorsement guarantee pledge promise security surety warrant wealth
Antonyms
STRONG
break uncertainty

Example Sentences

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But they did not want their children to become collateral damage in the labor fight.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Wall Street banks lend to private-credit firms, with the loan funds as collateral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The bank will lend against a special entity holding loans as collateral, and it will lend out only a portion of the underlying collateral’s value, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

That would split the stadium from the club, and as Old Trafford is used as collateral for the current long-standing debt, how that would work is not clear either.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Because Bear Stearns was big and important, and Cornwall Capital was a garage band hedge fund, Bear Stearns hadn’t been required to post collateral to Cornwall.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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