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collateral
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collateral as in:  collateral for a loan

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They pledged their home as collateral.
collateral = something of value pledged for the repayment of a loan if it is not paid as planned
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    "I didn't say we should back it," Mama said, "but we're just about the only family with any collateral at all."  (source)
    collateral = something of value that can be pledged for the repayment of a loan
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    "We loan money, and take objects of value as collateral," he tells the kid.  (source)
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    The work brought him modest honoraria and offerings, enough to allow him to pay his bills and buy a $150 used DeSoto, finally replacing the car that he'd lost as loan collateral.  (source)
    collateral = something of value pledged for the repayment of a loan
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    The collateral consequences of mass incarceration have been equally profound.†  (source)
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    They hold it as collateral —they front you the goods.†  (source)
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    "what do you want," and "where's your collateral" to "let's have coffee."†  (source)
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    Mercer House was his again, no longer held as collateral for his jail bond.†  (source)
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    Yes, he said, his bank was owed about $125,000 with the farm as collateral.†  (source)
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    And my SAC said you guys were cool with a collateral arrangement.†  (source)
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    If they're afforded an opportunity to kill Safia Bourihane with no collateral loss of innocent life, they will request permission to take the shot.†  (source)
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    Most of the time, you stay in the same team, unless you get tapped to be a Green Team instructor or work a collateral duty.†  (source)
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    He tried to raise some money: first by selling his watch, then by using his revolver as collateral for a ten-dollar loan.†  (source)
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    I was collateral.†  (source)
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collateral as in:  collateral evidence

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In addition to the fingerprints, there was other collateral evidence.
collateral = accompanying -- though less important
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    In addition to short-term profitability, we need to consider numerous collateral issues that arise from outsourcing.
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    Reich...see what collateral evidence we can dig up,  (source)
    collateral = connected in some way, but less important
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    But as you and Frank have made a little money, I know you'll never be driven to me again with any interesting propositions of loans and collaterals.†  (source)
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    These topics are collaterally connected with my subject without forming a part of it; they are American without being democratic; and to portray democracy has been my principal aim.†  (source)
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    But Helen's laugh rang true, as she raised a soapy hand to heaven and swore that never, nowhere and nohow, would she again fall in love with any of the Wilcox family, down to its remotest collaterals.†  (source)
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    But when a judge contests a law applied to some particular case in an obscure proceeding, the importance of his attack is concealed from the public gaze, his decision bears upon the interest of an individual, and if the law is slighted it is only collaterally.†  (source)
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    Moreover, this perfect participle, thus put in place of the preterite, was further reinforced by the fact that it was the adjectival form of the verb, and hence collaterally familiar.†  (source)
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    ...of any collateral or remote branch of your ladyship's family?†  (source)
    collateral = connected in some way, but less important
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    I had ninety pounds a year (exclusive of my house-rent and sundry collateral matters) from my aunt.†  (source)
    collateral = accompanying -- though less important
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    He is liable for direct damage both to your chimneys and any collateral damage caused by fall of bricks into garden, etc.†  (source)
    collateral = accompanying or connected in some way, but less important
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collateral damage as in:  collateral damage in the battle

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His Majesty doesn't like collateral damage.†  (source)
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    There will be collateral damage, injuries and deaths we can't avoid, as Maven put it.†  (source)
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    It would be impossible to target one without causing collateral damage in the crowds of tourists.†  (source)
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    Which led to all the collateral damage ...which made her feel like Godzilla.†  (source)
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    Should we send a drone to kill him, considering the likelihood of moderate collateral damage?†  (source)
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    It should be enough time to ensure minimal collateral damage.†  (source)
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    All the money Baba had spent, all those nights he'd sweated over the blueprints, all the visits to the construction site to make sure every brick, every beam, and every block was laid just right..."Collateral damage," Rahim Khan said.†  (source)
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    The possibility for collateral damage was high, and the possibility of finding identifiable remains after that kind of destruction was low.†  (source)
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    "dispose" ... In the military, bombings are "clean surgical strikes" and civilian deaths are "collateral damage."†  (source)
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    Collateral damage, Rafa had said.†  (source)
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    More like me are coming, and I can guarantee the collateral damage they do will make what I did to your friend seem downright charitable.†  (source)
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    Sometimes there's collateral damage— Did you just call your own brother collateral damage?†  (source)
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    Collateral Damage got me through a devastating breakup senior year of college.†  (source)
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    Because of the fear of collateral damage, command and the pilots were reluctant to use bombs.†  (source)
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