pawn
- pawn
- [[t]pɔ͟ːn[/t]]
pawns, pawning, pawned
1) VERB If you pawn something that you own, you leave it with a pawnbroker, who gives you money for it and who can sell it if you do not pay back the money before a certain time.
[V n] He is contemplating pawning his watch.
2) N-COUNT In chess, a pawn is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight pawns at the start of the game.
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N-COUNT: usu with
supp, oft N in
n If you say that someone is using you as a
pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage.
It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President...
They are the pawns in the power game played by their unseen captors.
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Pawn — Тип исполнения: компилируемый Появился в: 1998 … Википедия
pawn — 1 / pȯn/ n 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… … Law dictionary
Pawn — Pawn, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See {Pane}.] 1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See {Pledge}, n., 1. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pawn — ist ein englischsprachiger Webcomic des schwedischen Zeichners Fredrik K.T. Andersson. Der Comic ist ein erotisch angehauchter Fantasycomic. Die Hauptcharaktere sind ein Mädchen namens Ayanah und die Dämonin Baalah. In einer versteckten Sektion… … Deutsch Wikipedia
pawn — pawn1 [pôn] n. [LME paun < MFr pan, piece of cloth < L pannus, cloth (? used as medium of exchange): see PANE] 1. anything given as security, as for a debt, performance of an action, etc.; pledge; guaranty 2. a hostage 3. the state of being … English World dictionary
Pawn — Pawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pawning}.] 1. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one s watch. [1913 Webster] And pawned the last remaining… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pawn — [n1] security for a loan assurance, bond, collateral, earnest, forfeit, gage, gambit, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security, token, warrant; concept 332 pawn [n2] person who is a fool creature, dupe*, instrument, mark*, patsy*, pigeon*, puppet,… … New thesaurus
pawn — Ⅰ. pawn [1] ► NOUN 1) a chess piece of the smallest size and value. 2) a person used by others for their own purposes. ORIGIN Old French poun, from Latin pedo foot soldier . Ⅱ. pawn [2] … English terms dictionary
Pawn — Pawn, n. See {Pan}, the masticatory. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pawn — Pawn, n. [OE. paune, poun, OF. peon, poon, F. pion, LL. pedo a foot soldier, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Pioneer}, {Peon}.] (Chess) A man or piece of the lowest rank. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pawn|ee — «p NEE», noun. the person with whom something is deposited as a pawn or security. Paw|nee «p NEE», noun, plural nee or nees, adjective. –n. 1. a member of an American Indian tribe that lived near the forks of the Platte River in Nebraska and… … Useful english dictionary
