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collateral

/kəˈlætəɹəl/

noun

A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
Similar: pledge
(genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
"Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals."

Synonymspledge

adjective

Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
"Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war."
Similar: ancillary, subordinate, tangential

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