n.
Money, property, a deed, or a bond put into the custody of a third party for delivery to a grantee only after the fulfillment of the conditions specified.
tr.v., -crowed, -crow·ing, -crows.
To place in escrow.
idiom:
in escrow
- In trust as an escrow.
[Anglo-Norman escrowe, variant of Old French escroe, scroll. See scroll.]
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