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Synonyms for collateral

Synonyms for collateral: surety, attendant and indirect. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

3 synonyms · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The 3 synonyms for collateral

Interchangeable with collateral in this sense

Audited under collateral's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one collateral carries in that sense.

suretynoun, in the sense "an asset pledged to secure a loan, forfeited if the borrower fails to repay"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name collateral as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

attendantattendant is an adjective in the sense "occurring with or following as a consequence"
indirectindirect is an adjective in the sense "descended from a common ancestor but through different lines"

The first group is filed under collateral's own sense. The second reach collateral from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.

The sensenounTier 4, High CampMoney

an asset pledged to secure a loan, forfeited if the borrower fails to repay

The bank required her car title as collateral before approving the loan.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

surety

Same sentence, swapped: The bank required her car title as surety before approving the loan.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for collateral in the sentence quoted.

warranty
premium
voucher

Where collateral turns up in the game

collateral is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where collateral is the trap

accidentaladjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is inadvertent, in the sense "happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally", so collateral is there to be ruled out.

Play collateral

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so collateral reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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additionnounaccessionsomething added to what you already haveHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line arrearsnounarrearagemoney that is owed and overdueHigh CampHas a reason line exorbitantadjectiveextortionateunreasonably high in priceHigh CampHas a reason line dividendnoundisbursementa sum of money paid periodically by a company to its shareholders out of its profitsRidgelineHas a reason line earningsnounpaysomething that remuneratesRidgeline embezzleverbmisappropriateto steal money placed in one's care or control, usually from an employerRidgelineHas a reason line constancynounstabilitythe quality of being enduring and free from change or variationHigh Camp contendernounaspiranta person or team competing seriously for a titleHigh CampHas a reason line

Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. collateral carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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