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| es·crow [ és kr, e skrṓ ] |
noun (plural es·crows) |
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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
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transitive verb (past and past participle es·crowed, present participle es·crow·ing, 3rd person present singular es·crows) |
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put something in escrow: to place something in escrow
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| [Mid-17th century. < Anglo-Norman escrowe "scroll," variant of Old French escroe (see scroll)] |
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in escrow kept for somebody until a specific condition has been met
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