- a contract, deed, bond, or other written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition.
- to place in escrow: The home seller agrees to escrow the sum of $1000 with his attorney.
- in the keeping of a third person for delivery to a given party upon the fulfillment of some condition.
- 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
- the state or condition of being an escrow (esp in the phrase in escrow)
- to place (money, a document, etc) in escrow
