<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Finance: Property or other assets pledged by a borrower as security for the repayment of a loan.</li><li>Anatomy: A subordinate or accessory part; a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve.</li><li>Collateral circulation.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Accompanying; auxiliary: He received a scholarship and collateral aid.</li><li>Additional; confirming: Collateral evidence; collateral security.</li><li>Secured by collateral: A collateral loan.</li><li>Aside from the main subject, course, etc.; secondary: These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal.</li><li>Descended from the same stock, but in a different line; not lineal: A cousin is a collateral relative.</li><li>Pertaining to those so descended.</li><li>Situated at the side: A collateral wing of a house.</li><li>Situated or running side by side; parallel: Collateral ridges of mountains.</li><li>Botany: Standing side by side.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>