Definitions from Wiktionary (collateral)

▸ adjective:  Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
▸ adjective:  Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
▸ adjective:  Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
▸ adjective:  (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
▸ adjective:  (finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
▸ adjective:  (finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
▸ adjective:  Coming or directed along the side.
▸ adjective:  Acting in an indirect way.
▸ adjective:  (biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.
▸ noun:  (finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
▸ noun:  (now rare, genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
▸ noun:  (anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
▸ noun:  (marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
▸ noun:  (anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A contemporary or rival.

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