Third-person singular simple present indicative form of escrow

plural of escrow

(law) A written instrument, such as a deed, temporarily deposited with a neutral third party (the escrow agent), by the agreement of two parties to a valid contract. The escrow agent will deliver the document to the benefited party when the conditions of the contract have been met. The depositor has no control over the instrument in escrow.

To place in escrow.

Able to be held in escrow. / (databases) Suitable for partitioning.

simple past tense and past participle of escrow

present participle of escrow

(computing) The holding of software source code by a third party in order to protect customers against the future insolvency of the software supplier

A person or organization that holds something in escrow.

plural of escrowee