"lien" meaning in English

See lien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈliːn/, /ˈliːən/, /liːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-lien.wav Forms: liens [plural]
Rhymes: -iːn, -iːən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“a bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leyǵ-}}, {{bor|en|frm|lien}} Middle French lien, {{der|en|la|ligāmen||a bond}} Latin ligāmen (“a bond”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lien (plural liens)
  1. (obsolete) A tendon. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lien-en-noun-4BCCWI0B Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55
  2. (law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged. Categories (topical): Law Translations (right to take and hold debtor’s property): retensiereg (Afrikaans), 留置權 (Chinese Mandarin), 留置权 (liúzhìquán) (Chinese Mandarin), zadržovací právo [neuter] (Czech), retenční právo [neuter] (Czech), retentierecht [neuter] (Dutch), panttioikeus (Finnish), pidätysoikeus (Finnish), kiinnitys (Finnish), droit de rétention [masculine] (French), Zurückbehaltungsrecht [neuter] (German), Retentionsrecht [neuter] (German), visszatartási jog (Hungarian), diritto di retenzione [masculine] (Italian), 担保物権 (tanpo bukken) (alt: たんぽぶっけん) (Japanese), riena (Maori), riana (Maori), rīana (Maori), prawo zatrzymania (Polish), direito de retenção [masculine] (Portuguese), зало́говое пра́во (zalógovoje právo) [neuter] (Russian), зало́г (zalóg) [masculine] (Russian), pravo zadržaja (Serbo-Croatian), záložné právo [neuter] (Slovak), zastavna pravica [feminine] (Slovene), derecho de retención [masculine] (Spanish), hawlrwym [masculine] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: accountant's lien, agricultural lien, architect's lien, attorney's lien, banker's lien, blanket lien, lienholder, liensman, mechanic's lien, vendor's lien
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪ.in/, /ˈlaɪ.ən/ Forms: lienes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪin, -aɪən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin liēn (“spleen”). Doublet of spleen. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|liēn||spleen}} Latin liēn (“spleen”), {{doublet|en|spleen}} Doublet of spleen Head templates: {{en-noun|lienes}} lien (plural lienes)
  1. (uncommon, possibly obsolete) The spleen. Tags: obsolete, possibly, uncommon Categories (topical): Organs Synonyms: milt Related terms: lienal, lienic, lieno-
    Sense id: en-lien-en-noun-en:spleen Disambiguation of Organs: 30 11 47 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 33 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈlaɪən/
Rhymes: -aɪən Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lien
  1. (biblical, archaic) Alternative form of lain Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic Alternative form of: lain Categories (topical): Bible Synonyms: lyen
    Sense id: en-lien-en-verb-BtY9vnDU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 33 20 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009:",
          "text": "[…] every youth movement presents itself as loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.",
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          "text": "Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.",
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