escrow

Meaning of escrow

noun

a bond, deed, or other document kept in the custody of a third party and taking effect only when a specified condition has been fulfilled.

verb
  1. place in custody or trust until a specified condition has been fulfilled.
    those funds are escrowed for the purpose of improving municipal services

late 16th century: from Old French escroe ‘scrap, scroll’, from medieval Latin scroda, of Germanic origin; related to shred.

Information about escrow

  • The plural form of escrow is: escrows.
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Hyphenation of escrow

es-crow

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • escrow is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of escrow

Anagrams of escrow

cowers

Words that rhyme with escrow

Crow, crow, scarecrow, cockcrow, peelcrow, pilcrow, gercrow, gorcrow, overcrow, scrow, outcrow, gallycrow

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