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noun, law money, goods, or a written document, such as a contract bond, delivered to a third party and held by him pending fulfilment of some condition
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escrow
- 1) noun, law money, goods, or a written document, such as a contract bond, delivered to a third party and held by him pending fulfilment of some condition
- 2) noun, law the state or condition of being an escrow (esp in the phrase in escrow)
- 3) verb, law to place (money, a document, etc) in escrow
Etymology
C16: from Old French escroe, of Germanic origin; see screed, shred, scroll
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
You could add a little more eye contact. But nice job m8!!