Meaning

1 senses

  1. To place in escrow.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Learned borrowing from Law French escrowe, from Old French escroe (“register, note; bit of

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.

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Forms

escrows, escrowing, escrowed, escrowed
Base formescrow · to escrow
3rd person singularescrows
Present participleescrowing
Past simpleescrowed
Past participleescrowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyescrow
he, she, itescrows

Past simpleLesson

all personsescrowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave escrowed
he, she, ithas escrowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill escrow

Word family

5 related words
Relatedimpound
Derivedescrowableescroweenonescrowedunescrowed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eschatologyeschewescortesotericespeciallyA2espionage

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