Syllables World: Mastering Syllable Identification - How many syllables in Collateral?

How many syllables in Collateral?

collateral has 4 syllables

col-lat-er-al

Collateral is something pledged as security for repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in the event of a default.

There are two vowels in the word 'collateral' (o and a) and seven consonants (c, l, l, t, r, l, l).

Noun

He used his car as collateral for the loan.
The bank required collateral before approving the loan.
The borrower had to provide collateral in case he couldn't pay back the loan.
The company had to put up collateral to secure the investment.
The lender demanded a high level of collateral to approve the loan.
Collateral can be a valuable asset like a house or land.
The bank can take possession of the collateral if the borrower defaults on the loan.
Collateral is an important consideration when applying for a loan.
The borrower was unable to provide adequate collateral to secure the loan.
The lender had to seize the collateral when the borrower defaulted on the loan.

The collateral damage of terrorism goes way beyond the people who are physically hurt.
I'm always trying to find 'connections' between things. That art is the juxtaposition of a lot of things that seem unrelated but add up to something recognizable.
I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.
One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.
I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.
The collateral damage of life - of injury, accident, natural disaster, illness - pushes us to find our resilience and strength, which is far greater than that of a normal existence.
The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists.
The collateral damage of war is not limited to the battlefield.
It's important to have a certain amount of comedy in tragedy.
The collateral damage of fame is the distrust it breeds.