柯林斯詞典collateral /k??l?t?r?l/ 1. N-UNCOUNT Collateral is money or property which is used as a guarantee that someone will repay a loan. 擔保金; 觝押品[正式] Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans. 許多人用個人資産作觝押，辦理小額商業(yè)貸款。 返回 collateral劍橋詞典 collateral noun [U] (SECURITY FOR DEBT ) valuable property owned by someone who wants to borrow money , that they agree will become the property of the company or person who lends the money if the debt is not paid back 擔保品，觝押品 She used/put up her house as collateral for a loan . 她用自己的房屋作觝押來貸款。 返回 collateral