Definitions for lien

lien lien

Spelling: [leen, lee-uh n]
IPA: /lin, ˈli ən/

Lien is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in lien (eiln).

Definitions for lien

noun

  1. Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
  2. the spleen.

Origin of lien

1525-35; Anglo-French, Old French Latin ligāmen tie, bandage, equivalent to ligā(re) to tie + -men noun suffix of result

Examples for lien

The sale of the property was threatened by those who held the lien on the church.

lien kept going and the bikers pursued him, horns beeping, the big buzz now sounding frenzied, furious.

lien had been taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, where he was treated and released.

With this object the lien on the common wealth is enlarged and reconstituted.

But lien was a 33 year-old e-commerce executive with his young family.

They cut in and out were generally so reckless that lien became one of 200 citizens who called 911 about bikers that day.

But there was—that of debtor and creditor—a lien not always conferring friendship.

Mr. Keepum had a lien on them; Mr. Keepum was a man of iron-heart.

His brother proved a lien on it for L300 and the rest went by will to his wife.

lien and Ng were celebrating a much happier marker, their first wedding anniversary.

Word Value for lien
Scrable

4

Words with friends

6

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