GCN staffers wrote and called our landlords, complaining about the building's disrepair, for months before informing them, in September, 1985, that we would pay our rent into an escrow account until repairs were made.
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Escrow
//ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯//
Synonyms for "escrow" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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11 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- ескроу noun (contractual arrangement)
- сметка под условие noun (contractual arrangement)
Catalan
2 entries- béns en fideïcomís noun (money or other property so held)
- fideïcomís noun (contractual arrangement)
Czech
4 entries- majetek v úschově noun (money or other property so held)
- majetek ve svěřenectví noun (money or other property so held)
- svěřenectví noun (contractual arrangement)
- úschova noun (contractual arrangement)
Dutch
1 entries- derdengelden noun (money or other property so held)
German
1 entries- Hinterlegung noun (contractual arrangement)
Portuguese
1 entries- fideicomisso noun (contractual arrangement)
Spanish
1 entries- fideicomiso noun (contractual arrangement)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The court will decide which party is the rightful owner of the items in escrow.
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“Well, Dominic,” Della suddenly chimed in. “Seeing as this place of yours is still under escrow, seems to me it's not really yours yet, is it?”
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The regulators suggest that in underwriting these loans, lenders be required to take into account the ability of the borrowers to make monthly payments at the higher rates and also property taxes and homeowners insurance, which are often not escrowed monthly in subprime loans.
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