Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Financing sources & instruments · Specialist

Escrow

ELI5

Money or documents held by a neutral party until particular conditions are met.

Used in conversation

“Please flag escrow in the next rights or contract review.”

Definition

Money or documents held by a neutral party until specified conditions are met.

Here “Escrow” means: Money or documents held by a neutral party until specified conditions are met.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Escrow” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.