: informational materials (such as brochures and fact sheets) used in selling a product or service to a prospective customer or buyer
Attendees can expect to make approximately 50 new business contacts and should … have an ample supply of business cards, marketing collateral and anything else to help potential leads remember them. Nancy Hollingshead and Laurie Winslow
If an official talking about some policy refers to a collateral issue, he or she means something that may be affected but isn't central to the discussion. To an anthropologist, your cousin would be called a collateral relative, since he or she (unlike your grandmother, brother, or daughter) is "off to the side" of your direct line of descent. As a noun, collateral means something provided to a lender as a guarantee of repayment. So if you take out a loan or mortgage to buy a car or house, the loan agreement usually states that the car or house is collateral that goes to the lender if the sum isn't paid.
Example Sentences
Adjective the collateral effects of the government's policies
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The 32 Ether deposited as collateral should push validators to behave appropriately. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022 In April, the company did manage to borrow $255 million, but had to pledge intellectual property and receivables cash linked to its consumer financing unit as collateral. Carol Ryan, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 Investors can use their crypto assets as collateral in exchange for liquid funds. Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022 Higher prices mean energy firms have to put down more cash as collateral to back their trades. Elena Mazneva, Bloomberg.com, 16 June 2022 The former Hueytown High School star tore anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments and the meniscus of his left knee in the seventh game of the 2021 season and missed the rest of the Saints’ schedule. Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2022 Worst of all, Riggs reports, TSR had used the copyrights of dozens of its works as collateral with the bank and Random House. Elizabeth Hand, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022 Rules about risk management, custody and collateral are still being developed in the U.S. and overseas. Paul Vigna, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2022 Celsius decided not to provide additional collateral and agreed to a liquidation and settlement of the loan, which resulted in a loss of $97 million, the filing shows. Yueqi Yang, Bloomberg.com, 14 July 2022
Adjective
José Álvarez, who has been out since mid-June, had a recent setback in his return from an ulnar collateral ligament strain, The Chronicle has learned, and is likely going to need Tommy John surgery. Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2022 While the 32 Ether staked as collateral serves as a major incentive to behave appropriately, there are also punishments for validators that are incompetent or malicious. Taylor Locke, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022 The Hosmer deal proved fascinating and unexpected, the collateral outcome of a blockbuster that didn’t initially involve the Sox. Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 The loans were unsecured, meaning there was no collateral backing them. Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 28 July 2022 The aftermath of a ruling ordering Musk to consummate the deal, Henderson says, raises concerns of collateral litigation and slow-walking the financing. Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022 Some military analysts have said that Russia, running low on precision weaponry, is firing haphazardly at targets in densely populated areas, heedless of collateral death and destruction.New York Times, 15 July 2022 And there can be collateral benefits in re-establishing occasional patterns of cooperation between the two countries. Frank Lavin, Forbes, 5 July 2022 By 9:11 am, and after several more phone calls between Robinhood and DTCC officials, Robinhood’s collateral deposit requirements were reduced from $3.7 billion to $1.4 billion, still leaving the firm $700 million short. Scott Nover, Quartz, 2 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
derivative of collateral entry 2, in sense 1 as short for collateral security
Adjective
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin collateralis, from Latin com- + lateralis lateral