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Noun: escrow  'es,krow or i'skrow [N. Amer], i'skrow [Brit]
  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
Verb: escrow  'es,krow or i'skrow [N. Amer], i'skrow [Brit]
  1. Place in escrow
    "I should have escrowed the funds"

Derived forms: escrowing, escrowed, escrows

Type of: written agreement

Encyclopedia: Escrow