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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lien1 /lin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Lawthe legal right to hold another's property or to have it sold or applied for payment of a claim, esp. to satisfy a debt.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lien1 (lēn, lē′ən),USA pronunciation n. - Lawmakingthe legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Latin ligāmen tie, bandage, equivalent. to ligā(re) to tie + -men noun, nominal suffix of result
- Anglo-French, Old French
- 1525–35
lien′a•ble, adj. li•en2 (lī′ən, -en),USA pronunciation n. [Anat.]- Anatomythe spleen.
- Latin liēn spleen
- 1645–55;
li•e•nal (lī ēn′l, lī′ə nl),USA pronunciation adj. |