different between collateral vs pawnshop

English

Etymology

Recorded since c.1378, from Old French, from Medieval Latin collater?lis, from Latin col- (“together with”) (a form of con-) + the stem of latus (“side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??læt???l/
• Rhymes: -æt???l

Adjective

collateral (not comparable)

1. Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
2. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
   • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion

     Yet the attempt may give
     Collateral interest to this homely tale.

3. Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.

   Synonyms: tangential, subordinate, ancillary
4. (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
5. (finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
6. (finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
7. Coming or directed along the side.

8. Acting in an indirect way.
9. (biology, of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lateral

Translations

Noun

collateral (countable and uncountable, plural collaterals)

1. (finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.

   Synonym: pledge
2. (now rare, genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
3. (anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.

4. (marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
5. (anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
6. (archaic) A contemporary or rival.

Derived terms

• marketing collateral

Related terms

• lateral

Translations

See also

• mortgage

Further reading

• collateral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• collateral (finance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• marketing collateral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• pawn shop

Etymology

From pawn +? shop.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??n??p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?n??p/

Noun

pawnshop (plural pawnshops)

1. The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

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