escrow

Plural: escrows

Noun

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
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.
The money or assets so held.

Verb

Verb Forms: escrowed, escrowing, escrows

To place funds or property in the custody of a third party.
To place in escrow.

Examples

He wished he could ESCROW his best tiles, saving them for a future, perfect play.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 11

escrow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
escrow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
escrow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

escrow: valid Words With Friends Word