collateral

Phonetic Respelling: [ kuh-lat-er-uhl ]

Definition:

n. property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan; adj. 1 extending in parallel or being to the side of; 2 supplementary

Sentence:

They used their house as collateral for the loan.

More example sentences:

They used their house as collateral for the loan.

Hear it

Synonyms:

guarantee; guaranty; pawn; pledge; warrant

Antonyms:

no guarantee

How many syllables in collateral?

4 syllables Play Syllables Game

Divide collateral into syllables:

col-lat-er-al

Collateral rhymes:

Three Syllable Rhymes
- lateral
Four Syllable Rhymes
- bilateral
- trilateral
Five Syllable Rhymes
- multilateral
- unilateral

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