collateral

/kəˈlætərəl/📚 10632 1托福
Collateral is money or property which is used as a guarantee that someone will repay a loan. 担保金; 抵押品

noun [专属名词]抵押物,担保品;旁系亲属

Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.
许多人用个人资产作抵押,办理小额商业贷款。

adjective [原级]附属的,次要的;(亲戚)旁系的,非直系的;并列的,并行的

Pawnship was a common form of collateral in West Africa.
典当在西非是一种常见的抵押品形式。

col- 在同辅音词根前,表示"共同"collateral 并列的,并行的(col+later 边→al→周边的→并列的)
collateral 出现在下面的课文中(提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习)
Episode 11 A Place of Our Own ACT III collateral 名词: 抵押担保
col(共同) + later(边缘) + al(…的) → 共同的边 → 并行的
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