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Collateral

  1. Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
  2. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
  3. Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.

Synonyms: tangential, subordinate, ancillary

  1. (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
  2. (finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
  3. (finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
  4. Coming or directed along the side.
  5. Acting in an indirect way.
  6. (biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.