Collateral — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈaɪənt/

🇬🇧British English

/dˌɪsɛmbɑːkˈeɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˌɪsɛmbɑːkˈeɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /kɹˈaɪənt/.

Examples

cousins are collateral relatives
an indirect descendant of the Stuarts
collateral evidence

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

verifying validatory confirming indirect corroboratory confirmatory confirmative substantiating verificatory corroborative validating substantiative

Antonyms

lineal

Parts of Speech

noun	a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
adjective	descended from a common ancestor but through different lines “cousins are collateral relatives”
adjective	serving to support or corroborate “collateral evidence”
adjective	accompany, concomitant “collateral target damage from a bombing run”
adjective	situated or running side by side “collateral ridges of mountains”

Word Forms

collateral	adjective	serving to support or corroborate
collateral	noun	a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
confirm	verb	establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
corroborate	verb	support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
substantiate	verb	establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
validate	verb	give evidence for
verify	verb	confirm the truth of

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sicherheit

eine Sicherheit, die für die Rückzahlung eines Darlehens verpfändet wird

🇫🇷French

collatéral

une garantie donnée en garantie pour le remboursement d'un prêt

🇪🇸Spanish

colateral

una garantía pignorada para el pago de un préstamo

🇮🇹Italian

collaterale

una cauzione costituita per la restituzione di un prestito

🇳🇱Dutch

zekerheid

een zekerheid gesteld voor de terugbetaling van een lening

🇵🇹Portuguese

garantia

uma garantia dada para o reembolso de um empréstimo

🇷🇺Russian

залог

обеспечение, предоставленное в залог для погашения кредита

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संपार्श्विक

ऋण की अदायगी के लिए गिरवी रखी गई प्रतिभूति

🇧🇩Bengali

জামানত

একটি ঋণ পরিশোধের জন্য প্রতিশ্রুতিবদ্ধ একটি জামানত

🇮🇳Tamil

இணை

கடனைத் திருப்பிச் செலுத்துவதற்கான உறுதிமொழி

🇮🇳Telugu

అనుషంగిక

రుణం తిరిగి చెల్లింపు కోసం హామీ ఇచ్చిన భద్రత

🇮🇳Marathi

संपार्श्विक

कर्जाच्या परतफेडीसाठी तारण ठेवलेली सुरक्षा

🇮🇳Gujarati

કોલેટરલ

લોનની ચુકવણી માટે ગીરવે મુકેલ સિક્યોરિટી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೇಲಾಧಾರ

ಸಾಲದ ಮರುಪಾವತಿಗಾಗಿ ವಾಗ್ದಾನ ಮಾಡಿದ ಭದ್ರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഈട്

ഒരു വായ്പയുടെ തിരിച്ചടവിനായി പണയം വച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു സെക്യൂരിറ്റി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜਮਾਂਦਰੂ

ਇੱਕ ਕਰਜ਼ੇ ਦੀ ਮੁੜ ਅਦਾਇਗੀ ਲਈ ਵਚਨਬੱਧ ਇੱਕ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

ضمنی

قرض کی ادائیگی کے لیے ایک ضمانت کا وعدہ کیا گیا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

抵押品

为偿还贷款而质押的担保

🇯🇵Japanese

担保

ローンの返済のために差し入れられた担保

🇰🇷Korean

방계친

대출금 상환을 위해 담보로 제공되는 담보

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tài sản thế chấp

một sự đảm bảo được cam kết để hoàn trả khoản vay

🇹🇭Thai

หลักประกัน

หลักทรัพย์ค้ำประกันสำหรับการชำระคืนเงินกู้

🇮🇩Indonesian

jaminan

jaminan yang dijaminkan untuk pembayaran kembali pinjaman

🇲🇾Malay

cagaran

cagaran yang dicagarkan untuk pembayaran balik pinjaman

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ضمانات

ضمانة مرهونة لسداد القرض

🇮🇷Persian

وثیقه

تضمینی که برای بازپرداخت وام تعهد شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

teminat

bir kredinin geri ödenmesi için rehin verilen bir teminat

🇮🇱Hebrew

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The primary meaning of 'collateral' is 'a security pledged for the repayment of a loan'.

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Using 'collateral' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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