Collateral vs. Deposit — What's the Difference?

Something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default

A sum of money paid into a bank or building society account

A person having the same ancestor as another but through a different line.

A sum payable as a first instalment on the purchase of something or as a pledge for a contract, the balance being payable later

Additional but subordinate; secondary

A layer or mass of accumulated matter

Descended from the same stock but by a different line

The action of placing something in a specified place

Situated side by side; parallel

Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place

Situated or running side by side; parallel.

Place (something) somewhere for safekeeping

Coinciding in tendency or effect; concomitant or accompanying.

To put or set down; place.

Serving to support or corroborate

To lay down or leave behind by a natural process

Of a secondary nature; subordinate

To give over or entrust for safekeeping.

Of, relating to, or guaranteed by a security pledged against the performance of an obligation

To put (money) in a bank or financial account.

Having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line.

To give as partial payment or security.

Property acceptable as security for a loan or other obligation.

To become deposited; settle.

A collateral relative.

Something, such as money, that is entrusted for safekeeping, as in a bank.

Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.

The condition of being deposited

Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.

A partial or initial payment of a cost or debt

Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.

A sum of money given as security for an item acquired for temporary use.

(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.

A depository.

(finance) Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.

(Geology) A concentration of mineral matter or sediment in a layer, vein, or pocket

(finance) Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.

(Physiology) An accumulation of organic or inorganic material, such as a lipid or mineral, in a body tissue, structure, or fluid.

Coming or directed along the side.

A sediment or precipitate that has settled out of a solution.

Acting in an indirect way.

A coating or crust left on a surface, as by evaporation or electrolysis.

Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.

(geology) Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material. Sometimes refers to ore or gems.

(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.

That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care of another.

A collateral (not linear) family member.

(banking) Money placed in an account.

(anatomy) A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.

Anything left behind on a surface.

(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).

(finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve something for purchase.

(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.

A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned, e.g. a bottle deposit or can deposit

(archaic) A contemporary or rival.

A place of deposit; a depository.

Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.

(transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.

Acting in an indirect way.

To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.

Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.

To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.

Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.

(transitive) To put money or funds into an account.

Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; - opposed to lineal.

To lay aside; to rid oneself of.

A collateral relative.

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.

Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.

To lay up or away for safe keeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

A security pledged for the repayment of a loan

To lodge in some one's hands for safe keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.

Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines;

To lay aside; to rid one's self of.

Serving to support or corroborate;

That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).

Accompaniment to something else;

A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation.

Situated or running side by side;

That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.

A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor.

A place of deposit; a depository.

The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating

Matter deposited by some natural process

The natural process of laying down a deposit of something

Money deposited in a bank

A partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later

Money given as security for an article acquired for temporary use;

A payment given as a guarantee that an obligation will be met

A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

The act of putting something somewhere

Fix, force, or implant;

Put into a bank account;

Put (something somewhere) firmly;