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pawn ¹  (pôn)

n.

1. Something given as security for a loan; a pledge or guaranty.

2. The condition of being held as a pledge against the payment of a loan: jewels in pawn.

3. A person serving as security; a hostage.

4. The act of pawning.

tr.v. pawned, pawn·ing, pawns

1. To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of money borrowed.

2. To risk; hazard: pawn one's honor.

Phrasal Verb:

pawn off

To dispose or get rid of deceptively: tried to pawn off the fake gemstone as a diamond.

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[Middle English paun, from Old French pan, of Germanic origin .]

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pawna·ble adj.

pawnage n.

pawner (pônr), pawnor (-nôr) n.

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pawn ¹

Verb

1. to deposit (an article) as security for money borrowed

2. to stake or risk: I will pawn my honour on this matter

Noun

1. an article deposited as security

2. the condition of being so deposited: in pawn [Old French pan security]

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pawn ²

Noun

1. a chessman of the lowest value, usually able to move only one square forward at a time

2. a person or thing manipulated by someone else: our city is just a pawn in their power games [Anglo-Norman poun, from Medieval Latin pedo infantryman]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pawn - an article deposited as security pledge - a deposit of personal property as security for a debt; "his saxophone was in pledge"
	2.	pawn - a person used by another to gain an end cat's-paw, instrument assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
	3.	pawn - (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank chess game, chess - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king chess piece, chessman - any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess
	4.	pawn - borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan borrowing - obtaining funds from a lender
Verb	1.	pawn - leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" hock, soak commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) consign, charge - give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"

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pawn ¹

verb hock, (informal), chiefly U.S. pop Brit. (informal) stake, mortgage, deposit, pledge, hazard, wager

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pawn ²

noun tool, instrument, toy, creature, puppet, dupe, stooge (slang) plaything, cat's-paw

Translations

pawn [pɔːn] n (CHESS) → peón m;

(fig) → instrumento

vt → empeñar

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pawn [pɔːn] n → gage m;

(Chess), (also fig) → pion m

vt → mettre en gage

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pawn [pɔːn] n (Chess) → Bauer m (fig); Schachfigur f

vt → versetzen

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pawn [pɔːn] n → pegno;

(CHESS) → pedone m;

(fig) → pedina

vt → dare in pegno