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lien noun. M16.
[French from Old French loien from Latin ligamen bond, from ligare to tie.]
Law. A right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt due by that person is discharged.
fig.: T. Lundberg The assets are free of any lien or encumbrances. Rolling Stone A sport on which television already had a lien.