1. 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 fulfilment of some condition
   "The down payment was held in escrow until the sale was finalized"

1. Place in escrow
   "I should have escrowed the funds"

Derived forms: escrowed, escrowing, escrows

Type of: written agreement

Encyclopedia: Escrow