Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ESCALATION CLAUSE - A clause in a lease that provides for the rent to be increased to reflect changes i...
  
  
• ESCALATOR CLAUSE - a provision of an agreement that provides for automatic adjustments in payments base...
  
  
• ESCAPE CLAUSE - 1. A contract provision relieving a party of liability for failure to perform, as where...
  
  
• ESCHEAT - The reversion of property to the state or county, as provided by state law, in cases where a ...
  
  
• ESCHEAT PERIOD - The period of elapsed time required by applicable state law for property to be presume...
  
  
• ESCHEATMENT - The process of turning over unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority. Escheat...
  
  
• ESCORW COMPANY - An organization established to act as an escrow agent.
  
  
• ESCORW CONTRACT - A three-party agreement between the buyer, seller, and the escrow agent specifying th...
  
  
• ESCROW - When someone else holds assets of yours, such as money, securities, real estate, or even a dee...
  
  
• ESCROW ACCOUNT - Once you close your purchase transaction, you may have an escrow account or impound ac...