escrow
/ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯/US/ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯/
escrow noun: 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.
Noun
escrow (countable and uncountable, plural escrows)
- 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.
- GCN staffers wrote and called our landlords, complaining about the building's disrepair, for months before informing them, in September, 1985, that we would pay our rent into an escrow account until repairs were made.1987 May 9, “Setting the Record Strai..., um, Out in the Open”, in Gay Community News, page 4
- The court will decide which party is the rightful owner of the items in escrow.2006, Kathryn J Haupt, Principles of California Real Estate, page 305
- The money or assets so held.
Verb
escrow (third-person singular simple present escrows, present participle escrowing, simple past and past participle escrowed)
- To place in escrow.
- 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.2007 March 3, Vikas Bajaj, “U.S. Urges Lenders to Revise Standards on Granting Credit”, in New York Times
escrow meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
escrow in Hindi
- एस्क्रो, एसक्रो
escrow in Tamil
- எஸ்க்ரோ, எஸ்கிரோ, எஸ்கிராவ்
escrow in Marathi
- एस्क्रो, एसक्रो
escrow in Urdu
- ایسکرو
More languagesFewer languages
- escrow in Bengali
- এসক্রো, এস্ক্রো, এসক্রো করতে
- escrow in Telugu
- ఎస్క్రో, ఎస్క్రౌ, ఎస్క్రొ
- escrow in Malayalam
- എസ്ക്രോ, എസ്ക്രൊ, എസ്ക്രൌ
- escrow in Kannada
- ಎಸ್ಕ್ರೋ, ಎಸ್ಕ್ರೊ
- escrow in Punjabi
- ਐਸਕਰੋ, ਐਸਕ੍ਰੋ
- escrow in Gujarati
- એસ્ક્રો, એસક્રો
- escrow in Odia
- ଏସ୍କ୍ରୋ, ଏସ୍କ୍ରୋଇଂ କରନ୍ତୁ
- escrow in Nepali
- एस्क्रो, एसक्रो, एस्क्रोइङ
- escrow in Indonesian
- eskro
Forms of escrow
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | escrows |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | escrows |
| present participle | escrowing |
| past participle | escrowed |
| past | escrowed |
Origin of escrow
Learned borrowing from Law French escrowe, from Old French escroe (“register, note; bit of parchment; piece”), from Frankish *skrōda (“piece”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to shred”). Doublet of scrow and shred and partially scroll.
Words formed from escrow
Questions about escrow
- What does escrow mean?
- Escrow means 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.
- What is escrow in Hindi?
- Escrow in Hindi is एस्क्रो, एसक्रो. See Escrow meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is escrow?
- Escrow can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce escrow?
- Escrow is pronounced /ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯/ (UK).
- What is the plural of escrow?
- The plural of escrow is escrows.
Words near escrow in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: escrow (page history and authors); escrow (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); escrow (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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