collateral

collatéral, secondaire

Qui touche des personnes ou des choses au-delà de l’objectif principal d’une action.

En anglais simple : Affecting people or things beyond the main aim of an action.

• The attack caused collateral damage.
• The policy had several collateral benefits.
• Officials failed to consider the collateral effects on small businesses.

Synonymes : secondary, incidental, indirect

Contraires : direct

Expressions courantes : collateral damage, collateral effects, collateral benefits

parallèle

Qui s’étend à côté d’autre chose, dans la même direction.

En anglais simple : Running alongside each other in the same direction.

• The diagram shows two collateral lines.
• Collateral branches run alongside the main stem.
• The drawing places the structures in collateral positions.

Synonymes : parallel, side by side

Expressions courantes : collateral lines, collateral branches

collatéral

Lié par une branche familiale, comme les cousins, plutôt que par la ligne des parents et des enfants.

En anglais simple : Related through a family branch, such as a cousin, rather than through parents and children.

• A cousin is a collateral relative.
• The estate passed to a collateral heir.
• Researchers traced a collateral branch of the family.

Synonymes : indirect

Contraires : lineal

Expressions courantes : collateral relative, collateral descendant, collateral branch

latéral

Qui vient du côté ou agit le long du côté de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Coming from or acting along the side of something.

• The support resists collateral pressure.
• A collateral force pushed the structure sideways.
• The engineer measured collateral pressure on the wall.

Synonymes : lateral

Expressions courantes : collateral pressure, collateral force

garantie, nantissement

Bien que le prêteur peut saisir si l’emprunteur ne rembourse pas son prêt.

En anglais simple : Property a lender can take if you fail to pay back a loan.

• The bank requires collateral.
• She offered her car as collateral for the loan.
• What assets can we use as collateral?

Comment l'utiliser : use something as collateral (They used their house as collateral.); collateral for a loan (The land serves as collateral for the loan.)

Synonymes : security, guarantee

Expressions courantes : as collateral, provide collateral, collateral for something

supports promotionnels, documentation commerciale

Documents imprimés ou numériques utilisés pour aider à vendre des produits ou des services.

En anglais simple : Printed or digital material used to help sell products or services.

• We need new sales collateral.
• The team updated its marketing collateral before the launch.
• Our digital collateral includes videos and product guides.

Synonymes : promotional material, sales material

Expressions courantes : marketing collateral, sales collateral, digital collateral

branche collatérale

Branche latérale d’une structure du corps, comme un nerf ou un vaisseau sanguin.

En anglais simple : A side branch of a body structure, such as a nerve or blood vessel.

• The axon has a small collateral.
• Several collaterals branch from this nerve fiber.
• The diagram shows where each collateral leaves the main structure.

Synonymes : side branch

Expressions courantes : an axon collateral, a nerve collateral

vaisseau collatéral

Petit vaisseau sanguin qui permet au sang de contourner un vaisseau principal bouché.

En anglais simple : A smaller blood vessel that carries blood around a blocked main vessel.

• A collateral carries blood around the blockage.
• Doctors found several collaterals near the blocked artery.
• This collateral helps maintain blood flow to the heart.

Synonymes : collateral vessel

Expressions courantes : a coronary collateral, a small collateral