Look up lien in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Lien is any sort of charge or encumbrance against an item of property that secures the payment of a debt.
Lien may also refer to:
- Maritime lien, maritime law term
- Mechanics lien, hold on real property for the benefit of someone whose work or property improves the property
- Tax lien, lien imposed on property by law to secure payment of taxes
- Le lien, the only novel by Vanessa Duriès
- Spleen or lien, an organ of the body