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# collateral

«collateral» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **something valuable, like a house, that you promise to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (collateral — uncountable); adjective (collateral)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Collateral is something valuable, like a house, that you promise to give to a bank if you cannot pay back a loan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collateral/#m1)

2) Collateral damage means harm done by accident to people or things that were not the target, especially in war; also used for side harm in everyday talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collateral/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Sefer Yetzirah texts, it describes things related in a side line, not the main line. In the primary lessons: It appears in money and news texts, and in the stiff formal voice. In everyday talk «collateral damage» is used half-jokingly for something hurt by accident. Phrases: «put up as collateral», «collateral damage».

### examples

- The farmer used his land as collateral for the loan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collateral/#x1)
- Without collateral, the bank would not lend him money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collateral/#x2)
- The bomb caused collateral damage to nearby houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collateral/#x3)
- The vase was collateral damage when the ball hit the shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collateral/#x4)
- A bank may keep the collateral if the loan is not paid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collateral/#x5)
- The bike was offered as collateral for the money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collateral/#x6)

### note

Formal; uncountable. «Collateral damage» is a euphemism that can hide real harm to people. Not related to «collect».

### In the corpora

- ["Collateral damage" is official military language for ordinary people killed or property destroyed by accident in an attack.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «collateral» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/collateral/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.