lien

noun

a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm

the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

Roots

ligarelien- · Latin · to bind

Synonyms for lien

hypothec mortgagen hypothecationn bottomryadj

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