Definitions For Collateral

noun

  • A security pledged for the repayment of a loan
  • Something that you promise to give someone if you cannot pay back a loan

adjective

  • Occurring with or following as a consequence
  • Situated or running side by side
  • Additional but secondary; auxiliary
  • Serving to support or corroborate

adjective

  • Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

Is Collateral a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
16

The word Collateral is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Collateral in a Sentence

  • The collateral effects of the government's policies

Synonyms for Collateral

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