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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 pledge; stake; risk: to pawn one's life.
noun
3.
the state of being deposited or held as security, especially with or by a pawnbroker: jewels in pawn.
4.
something given or deposited as security, as for money borrowed.
5.
a person serving as security; hostage.
6.
the act of pawning.
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Pawn
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Origin:
1490–1500; (noun) < Middle French pan; Old French pan(d), pant, apparently < West Germanic; compare Old Frisian pand, Old Saxon, Middle Dutch pant, German Pfand; (v.) derivative of the noun
1490–1500; (noun) < Middle French pan; Old French pan(d), pant, apparently < West Germanic; compare Old Frisian pand, Old Saxon, Middle Dutch pant, German Pfand; (v.) derivative of the noun
Related forms
pawn·a·ble, adjective
un·pawned, adjective
Synonyms
4. pledge.
4. pledge.
Example Sentences
- Trying to pawn it off on creative writers, or anyone else who isn't a comp specialist, is disgraceful.
- Public education is a pawn of politics from the local level to the national level.
- If you get a flat, you don't have to pawn your kidneys.
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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.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English poun < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French poon, variant of paon, earlier pe(h)on literally, walker; see peon1
1325–75; Middle English poun < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French poon, variant of paon, earlier pe(h)on literally, walker; see peon1
Synonyms
2. puppet, tool, dupe.
2. puppet, tool, dupe.
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| pawn2 (pɔːn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare piece P 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 |
| 2. | a person, group, etc, manipulated by another |
| [C14: from Anglo-Norman poun, from Old French pehon, from Medieval Latin pedō infantryman, from Latin pēs foot] | |
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Word Origin & History
pawn
"something left as security," 1496 (c.1145 as Anglo-L. pandum), from O.Fr. pan, pant "pledge, security," also "booty, plunder," perhaps from Frank. (cf. O.H.G. pfant, Ger. Pfand, M.Du. pant, O.Fris. pand "pledge"), from W.Gmc. *panda, of unknown origin. The O.Fr. word is identical to pan "cloth, piece
EXPANDof cloth," from L. pannem (nom. pannus) "piece of cloth," and some feel this is the source of both the O.Fr. and W.Gmc. words (perhaps on the notion of cloth used as a medium of exchange). The verb is first attested 1567, from the noun. Pawnbroker is from 1687; pawn-shop is from 1849.
pawn
"lowly chess piece," 1369, from Anglo-Fr. poun, O.Fr. peon, earlier pehon, from M.L. pedonem "foot soldier," from L.L. pedonem (nom. pedo) "one going on foot," from L. pes (gen. pedis) "foot" (see foot). The chess sense was in O.Fr. by 13c. Fig. use, of persons, is from 1589.
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