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Crow (Kakasana): A balance pose. Squat down and place your arms between your knees. Use your palms to lift up on your toes.

Final Escrow Instructions: Statements prepared by the escrow agent which reflect the final figures and instructions required to close escrow.

Foreign Crowd: A private consortium of U.S. insurance companies that offers trade credit insurance to U.S. exporters in conjunction with the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

Escrowed To Maturity (ETM): A document provided by a bank in options trading to guarantee that the underlying security is on deposit and available for potential delivery.

Escrow Receipt: Property or money held by a third party until the agreed upon obligations of a contract are met.

Escrow Agent-Officer: An individual qualified to perform all the steps necessary to prepare and carry out escrow instructions. Tasks include obtaining title insurance, securing payoff demands, prorating taxes, in . . . View Full Definition

Escrow Fee: A fee covering all the usual escrow services except for title insurance. The fee is normally determined by the amount of money involved in the transaction.

Escrow Instructions: In a sales transaction, a writing signed by buyer and seller that details the procedures necessary to close a transaction and directs the escrow agent how to proceed. Sometimes the buyer and . . . View Full Definition

Gold Crown Resort: RCI's highest rating for a resort. Similar to I.I.'s criteria for 'five-star resort'.

Loan Crowd: The group of member firms that lend or borrow securities needed to cover the positions of customers who have sold short securities.