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(1):

(a.) Acting in an indirect way.

(2):

(a.) 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.

(3):

(a.) Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.

(4):

(a.) Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.

(5):

(a.) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; - opposed to lineal.

(6):

(n.) A collateral relative.

(7):

(n.) Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.