in escrow

Idioms  

1. In trust with a third party for delivery after certain conditions are fulfilled. For example, Our down payment on the house is in escrow until the current owner makes the promised repairs. This legal term dates from the late 1800s.

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Example Sentences

Intel is part of a special Department of Defense program called Secure Enclave, and 156 million Intel shares tied to it are issued, but still in escrow.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Homeowners are paying an average of 45% more in escrow costs compared to five years ago, Cotality researchers found in a separate report.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

Like thousands of other couples who have navigated the intensely intimate, complex and almost entirely unregulated process of surrogacy, Gallozzi and her husband had placed those funds in escrow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

About two dozen tenants are in escrow to buy their homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

You take that money and deposit it in escrow in any local bank against a bill of sale of the Bavarian from Mrs. Koenitz to the North and South American Steamship Company, of Guaymas, Mexico.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)