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ESCROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does escrow mean? 

ESCROW (noun)
  The noun ESCROW has 1 sense:

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 fulfillment of some conditionplay

  Familiarity information: ESCROW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ESCROW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("escrow" is a kind of...):

written agreement (a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties)


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