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Definition of Pawned - 4 dictionary results

pawn

1  [pawn]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, esp. 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, esp. 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.
Origin:
1490–1500; (n.) < MF pan; OF pan(d), pant, appar. < WGmc; cf. OFris pand, OS, MD pant, G Pfand; (v.) deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
pawn⋅a⋅ble, adjective
pawn⋅er  [paw-ner] , paw⋅nor  [paw-ner, -nawr] , noun

Synonyms:
4. pledge.
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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(s):
pawn offTo dispose or get rid of deceptively: tried to pawn off the fake gemstone as a diamond.

[Middle English paun, from Old French pan, of Germanic origin .]
pawn'a·ble adj., pawn'age n., pawn'er (pô'nər), paw'nor' (-nôr') n.
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Word Origin & History

pawn  (1)
"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 of 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pawn
Function: transitive verb
: to put (personal or movable property) in pawn pawned it> —compare HYPOTHECATE —pawn·er /'po-n&r/ or paw·nor /same or po-'nor/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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