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escrow

es·crow [ és kr, e skrṓ ]


noun  (plural es·crows)
Definition:
 
money or property held conditionally: an amount of money or property granted to somebody but held by a third party and only released after a specific condition has been met



transitive verb  (past and past participle es·crowed, present participle es·crow·ing, 3rd person present singular es·crows)
Definition:
 
put something in escrow: to place something in escrow

[Mid-17th century. < Anglo-Norman escrowe "scroll," variant of Old French escroe (see scroll)]

in escrow kept for somebody until a specific condition has been met

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