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pawn

1  [pawn]
Use pawn in a Sentence
–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

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.
Origin:
1325–75; ME poun < AF, equiv. to MF poon, var. of paon, earlier pe(h)on lit., walker; see peon 1

Synonyms:
2. puppet, tool, dupe.
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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.
pawn 2   (pôn)   
n.  

  1. Abbr. P Games A chess piece of lowest value that may move forward one square at a time or two squares in the first move, capture other pieces only on a one-space diagonal forward move, and be promoted to any piece other than a king upon reaching the eighth rank.

  2. A person or an entity used to further the purposes of another: an underdeveloped nation that was a pawn in international politics.


[Middle English, from Old French pedon, paon, from Medieval Latin pedō, pedōn-, foot soldier, from Late Latin, one who has wide feet, from Latin pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.

pawn  (2)
"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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pawn
Pronunciation: 'pon
Function: noun
1 a : a pledge and transfer of possession of movable or personal property to a creditor which gives the creditor the privilege of satisfying the debt from the property (as by selling it) if the debt is not repaid within a specified time; also : the property pledged pawn any workman's tools> —compare ANTICHRESIS b : the state of being so pledged or burdened by such a pledge pawn>
2 : the act of pawning

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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