·noun A collateral relative.
II. Collateral ·adj Acting in an indirect way.
III. Collateral ·adj Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.
IV. Collateral ·noun Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
V. Collateral ·adj Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
VI. Collateral ·adj Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other;
— opposed to lineal.
VII. Collateral ·adj 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.