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noun
A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
The money or assets so held.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
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verb
To place in escrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: written agreement
History
Learned borrowing from Law French escrowe, from Old French escroe (“register, note; bit of parchment; piece”), from Frankish *skrōda (“piece”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to shred”). Doublet of scrow and shred and partially scroll.
Across languages
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