ESCROW

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does escrow mean? 

• ESCROW (noun)
  The noun ESCROW has 1 sense:

1. a written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition

  Familiarity information: ESCROW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESCROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A written agreement (or property or money) delivered to a third party or put in trust by one party to a contract to be returned after fulfillment of some condition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("escrow" is a kind of...):

written agreement (a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties)