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escrow

esc·row

UK/ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯/ US/ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯/ uncommon informal

noun

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

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • software escrow

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