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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesconta caução
Pronunciation / Transliteration: conta caução
"O pagamento foi colocado em conta caução."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A bond, deed, or other document or sum of money kept in the custody of a third party and taking effect only when a specified condition has been fulfilled.
"The buyer put the earnest money in escrow until the home inspection was completed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French escroue 'scroll, roll of parchment', from Germanic. The legal sense originally denoted a sealed bond kept in the custody of a third party until a condition was fulfilled.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Escrow" is said worldwide
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séquestre
Transliteration: séquestre
"Les fonds ont été placés en séquestre."
Anderkonto
Transliteration: Anderkonto
"Das Geld wurde auf ein Anderkonto eingezahlt."
deposito cauzionale
Transliteration: deposito cauzionale
"La somma è stata messa in deposito."
fideicomiso
Transliteration: fideicomiso
"El dinero de la compraventa está en fideicomiso."
conta caução
Transliteration: conta caução
"O pagamento foi colocado em conta caução."
एस्क्रो
Transliteration: eskro
"धनराशि एस्क्रो खाते में जमा कर दी गई है।"
第三方托管
Transliteration: dì sān fāng tuōguǎn
"这笔资金目前放在第三方托管账户中。"
에스크로
Transliteration: eseukeuro
"거래 대금은 에스크로 계좌에 안전하게 예치되었습니다."
エスクロー
Transliteration: esukurō
"資金はエスクロー口座に預け入れられました。"
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