collateral

adj 1: descended from a common ancestor but through different

lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an

indirect descendant of the Stuarts" [syn: {indirect},

{oblique}] [ant: {lineal}]

2: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"

[syn: {confirmative}, {confirming}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative},

{corroboratory}, {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {validating},

{validatory}, {verificatory}, {verifying}]

3: accompaniment to something else; "collateral target damage

from a bombing run"

4: situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of

mountains"

n : a security pledged for the repayment of a loan