COLLATERAL

Collateral

Collateral is a 2004 American crime thriller film directed by Michael Mann from a screenplay written by Stuart Beattie, and starring Tom Cruise as a contract killer and Jamie Foxx as a taxi driver who finds himself his hostage. The film is set in Los Angeles, California in January 2004, and the supporting cast includes Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo. Foxx and Cruise's performances were widely praised, with Foxx being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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collateral

Noun

  1. A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay. (Originally supplied as "accompanying" security.)
  2. A collateral (not linear) family member.
  3. A branch of a bodily part or system of organs
    ''Besides the arteries blood streams through numerous veins we call collaterals

Adjective

  1. parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
  2. Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
  3. Being aside from the main subject; tangential, subordinate, ancillary.
    Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
  4. (family) of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
    ''Uncles, aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces are collateral relatives.
  5. relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security
  6. expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan
  7. Coming or directed along the side.
    collateral pressure
  8. Acting in an indirect way.


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