Shahi - A visual dictionary

(adjective)
1. Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
2. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
3. Being aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate.
  Although not a direct cause, empire-building was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
4. (family) Of a family relationship that includes aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews, as opposed to lineal.
  - 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 5,
    The pure blood all descends from five collateral lines called Al-Khamsah (the Cinque).
(noun)
1. A collateral family member.
2. A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. (Originally supplied as "accompanying" security.)

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