Security for a debt

The answer

LIEN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LIEN answer page.

Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LIEN

Every other clue in this collection answered by LIEN, most used first.

• Property claim - used 197 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal claim - used 148 times, most recently in 2025
• Mortgage - used 63 times, most recently in 2021
• Bank claim - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Claim against property - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Bank holding - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Claim on property - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Creditor's claim - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Bank's property claim - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Lender's security - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Property encumbrance - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
• Legal right - used 22 times, most recently in 2006
• Encumbrance - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
• Mortgage, e.g. - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Property attachment - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Debt security - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Financial claim - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• It may be on the house - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Legal claim on property - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Property right - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Claim on a house - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Lender's recourse - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Claim - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Security interest - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Lender's claim - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Claim on a property - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Hold on property - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Lender's protection - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Borrower's burden - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Debtor's burden - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Bank security - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Claim on a home - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Legal encumbrance - used 7 times, most recently in 2021

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• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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