[{"word":"collateral","phonetic":"/kəˈlætəɹəl/","phonetics":[{"text":"/kəˈlætəɹəl/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/collateral-uk.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86872816","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.","synonyms":["pledge"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals."},{"definition":"Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A contemporary or rival.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["pledge"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.","synonyms":["ancillary","subordinate","tangential"],"antonyms":[],"example":"Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war."},{"definition":"(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives."},{"definition":"Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Coming or directed along the side.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"collateral pressure"},{"definition":"Acting in an indirect way.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["ancillary","subordinate","tangential"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/collateral"]}]