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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯/ [UK], /ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-escrow.wav Forms: escrows [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English escrowe, ascrowe (“escrow”), from Old French escroe, escroue (“scroll, strip of parchment”), which has given écrou, from Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”). Doublet of scroll and shred. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|escrowe}} Middle English escrowe, {{der|en|fro|escroe}} Old French escroe, {{der|en|frk|*skraudu|*skrōda|t=a shred}} Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”), {{doublet|en|scroll|shred}} Doublet of scroll and shred Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} escrow (countable and uncountable, plural escrows)
  1. (law) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (contractual arrangement): fideïcomís (Catalan), úschova [feminine] (Czech), svěřenectví [neuter] (Czech), fideicomisso [masculine] (Portuguese), fideicomiso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-escrow-en-noun-GxeBOc-B Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 42 12 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'contractual arrangement': 95 5
  2. (informal) The money or assets so held. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Translations (money or other property so held): béns en fideïcomís (Catalan), majetek ve svěřenectví (Czech), majetek v úschově (Czech), derdengelden [neuter, plural] (Dutch)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: software escrow Related terms: stakeholder

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯/ [UK], /ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-escrow.wav Forms: escrows [present, singular, third-person], escrowing [participle, present], escrowed [participle, past], escrowed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English escrowe, ascrowe (“escrow”), from Old French escroe, escroue (“scroll, strip of parchment”), which has given écrou, from Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”). Doublet of scroll and shred. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|escrowe}} Middle English escrowe, {{der|en|fro|escroe}} Old French escroe, {{der|en|frk|*skraudu|*skrōda|t=a shred}} Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”), {{doublet|en|scroll|shred}} Doublet of scroll and shred Head templates: {{en-verb}} escrow (third-person singular simple present escrows, present participle escrowing, simple past and past participle escrowed)
  1. To place in escrow. Related terms: impound
    Sense id: en-escrow-en-verb-XdmRIcJ1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 42 12

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "contractual arrangement",
      "word": "fideicomiso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "money or other property so held",
      "word": "béns en fideïcomís"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "money or other property so held",
      "word": "majetek ve svěřenectví"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "money or other property so held",
      "word": "majetek v úschově"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "money or other property so held",
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      ],
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    }
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    "escrow"
  ],
  "word": "escrow"
}

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    "English verbs",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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        "2": "scroll",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English escrowe, ascrowe (“escrow”), from Old French escroe, escroue (“scroll, strip of parchment”), which has given écrou, from Frankish *skrōda (“a shred”). Doublet of scroll and shred.",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "impound"
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          "ref": "2007 March 3, Vikas Bajaj, “U.S. Urges Lenders to Revise Standards on Granting Credit”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "The regulators suggest that in underwriting these loans, lenders be required to take into account the ability of the borrowers to make monthly payments at the higher rates and also property taxes and homeowners insurance, which are often not escrowed monthly in subprime loans.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To place in escrow."
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯/",
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