🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

fideicomiso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fideicomiso

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Escrow/ˈɛskroʊ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El dinero de la compraventa está en fideicomiso."

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As noun
  1. 1

    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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