1. collateral - Noun
2. collateral - Adjective
3. collateral - Adjective Satellite
Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.
Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.
Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.
A collateral relative.
Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI would define, in brief, the Poetry of words as the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty. Its sole arbiter is taste. With the intellect or with the conscience, it has only collateral relations. Unless incidentally, it has no concern whatever either with duty or with truth. Edgar Allan Poe
I could never convince the financiers that Disneyland was feasible, because dreams offer too little collateral. Walt Disney
I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted. We have zero tolerance for corporate fraud, but we also recognize the importance of avoiding collateral consequences whenever possible. Alberto Gonzales
While the collateral consequences of drugs such as cocaine are indisputably severe, they are not unlike those which flow from the misuse of other, legal, substances. Byron White
I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful reduction in piracy and causes massive collateral damage to the Internet ecosystem. Jared Polis
Israel went to extraordinary lengths to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties. Martin Dempsey