Collateral



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 平行的; 旁系的
• n. 担保品
• ［英］ n. 担保品 ( anything, such as stocks or bonds, that secures or guarantees the discharge of an obligation)
• ［记］ col+later ( 边缘) +al -> 共同的边 -> 平行的
• ［同］ 同根词: bilateral ( 双边的) ; equilateral ( 等边的)
• ［英］ adj. 平行的 ( side by side; parallel)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collateralis, from Latin com- + lateralis lateral
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. accompanying as secondary or subordinate ; concomitant <digress into collateral matters
  • b. indirect
  • c. serving to support or reinforce ; ancillary
• 2. belonging to the same ancestral stock but not in a direct line of descent — compare lineal 3a
• 3. parallel, coordinate, or corresponding in position, order, time, or significance <collateral states like Athens and Sparta
• 4.
  • a. of, relating to, or being collateral used as security (as for payment of a debt or performance of a contract)
  • b. secured by collateral
• ? collaterality noun
• ? collaterally adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1691
• 1. a collateral relative
• 2. property (as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender
• 3. a branch of a bodily part (as a vein)

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