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What is the word for...

foxborough · 2014-02-12 12:05:25

...someone who holds the money for a bet by two other people. When the bet is complete they give the money to the winner. It's driving a few of us nuts in work trying to think what the correct term is.

12-02-2014 01:05PM

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foxborough

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...someone who holds the money for a bet by two other people. When the bet is complete they give the money to the winner.

It's driving a few of us nuts in work trying to think what the correct term is.

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#2 12-02-2014 01:12PM

petes

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Stakeholder?

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#3 12-02-2014 01:16PM

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escrow

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#4 12-02-2014 02:50PM

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Armani has it in one, although for some reason I always thought it was spelt with a 'K'

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#5 14-02-2014 05:38PM

foxborough

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Thanks Armani

Escrow is what I was looking for. I couldn't think of the word or find it by googling and it was driving me nuts

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