lien

Definitions

Accounting

• noun the legal right to hold someone’s goods and keep them until a debt has been paid

Construction

• A legal means of establishing or giving notice of a claim or an unsatisfied charge in the form of a debt, obligation, or duty. A lien is filed with government authorities against the title to real property. Liens must be adjudicated or satisfied before the title can be transferred. See also mechanic's lien.

Medical

• prefix
  (written as lien-)
  spleen

Real Estate

• noun the legal right to keep or sell someone else’s property as security for a debt

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Contexts for “lien”

4 definitions in context
• Accounting
• Construction
• Medical
• Real Estate