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pawn

1

[ pawn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker:

    He raised the money by pawning his watch.

  2. to pawn one's life.



noun

  1. the state of being deposited or held as security, especially with or by a pawnbroker:

    jewels in pawn.

  2. something given or deposited as security, as for money borrowed.

    Synonyms:

  3. a person serving as security; hostage.
  4. the act of pawning.

pawn

2

[ pawn ]

noun

  1. Chess. one of eight men of one color and of the lowest value, usually moved one square at a time vertically and capturing diagonally.
  2. someone who is used or manipulated to further another person's purposes.

    Synonyms: , ,

pawn

1

/ 辫蓴藧苍 /

verb

  1. to deposit (an article) as security for the repayment of a loan, esp from a pawnbroker
  2. to stake

    to pawn one's honour

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an article deposited as security
  2. the condition of being so deposited (esp in the phrase in pawn )
  3. a person or thing that is held as a security, esp a hostage
  4. the act of pawning
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pawn

2

/ 辫蓴藧苍 /

noun

  1. a chessman of the lowest theoretical value, limited to forward moves of one square at a time with the option of two squares on its initial move: it captures with a diagonal move only P Compare piece
  2. a person, group, etc, manipulated by another
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫补飞苍补驳别, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫补飞苍顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 辫补飞苍路别谤 [paw, -ner], 辫补飞路苍辞谤 [paw, -ner, -nawr], noun
  • 耻苍路辫补飞苍别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pawn1

First recorded in 1490鈥1500; noun from Middle French pan; Old French pan(d), pant, apparently from West Germanic; compare Old Frisian pand, Old Saxon, Middle Dutch pant, German Pfand; verb derivative of the noun

Origin of pawn2

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; Middle English poun(e), paun, from Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French poon, variant of paon, earlier pe(h)on 鈥渇oot soldier,鈥 literally, 鈥渨alker鈥; peon 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pawn1

C15: from Old French pan security, from Latin pannus cloth, apparently because clothing was often left as a surety; compare Middle Flemish paen pawn, German Pfand pledge

Origin of pawn2

C14: from Anglo-Norman poun, from Old French pehon, from Medieval Latin 辫别诲艒 infantryman, from Latin 辫脓蝉 foot
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Example Sentences

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A former Beverly Hills resident and the owner of an L.A. pawn shop tried to sell stolen Andy Warhol art and lied about the scheme to federal agents, authorities said.

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鈥淭he rent got too high,鈥 he said, 鈥渁nd there鈥檚 nothing we can do about it. ... Tenants are pawns to the landlords.鈥

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They also accuse Trump of using children 鈥 or food for poor children in this case 鈥 as pawns for political leverage.

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I鈥檝e been used as a pawn, a buffer, and been treated like I鈥檓 downright stupid too.

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"He has unwillingly become a pawn in the troubled relationship between Paris and Algiers," a committee of his supporters in France said recently.

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