[es.crow] n [MF escroue scroll--more at scroll] (1594) 1: a deed, a bond, money, or a piece of property held in trust by a third party to be turned over to the grantee only upon fulfillment of a condition
2: a fund or deposit designed to serve as an escrow -- in escrow : in trust as an escrow "had $1000 in escrow to pay taxes"
[2]es.crow vt (1949): to place in escrow