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The correct spelling is collateral.
How to pronounce collateral
/kəˈlætəɹəl/
nounIPA: /kəˈlætəɹəl/
Say it like: Col-lat-era-l
The correct spelling is collateral. A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. For example: "Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals."
Usage Examples
“Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals.”
“Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.”
“Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- 2.(genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
- 3.A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
- 4.Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- 5.A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
adjective
- 1.Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
- 2.Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- 3.Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- 4.(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- 5.Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
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