'Pawn' definitions:
Definition of 'pawn'
(from WordNet)
noun
An article deposited as security
noun
A person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument, pawn, cat's-paw]
noun
(chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
noun
Borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
verb
Definition of 'Pawn'
From: GCIDE
- 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.
- Syn: hock [colloq]. [1913 Webster]
- And pawned the last remaining piece of plate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard. [1913 Webster]
- Pawning his honor to obtain his lust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pawn'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Pawn'
From: GCIDE
- 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 Webster]
- As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i. e., interest]. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness. --Donne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." --Shak.
- Pawn shop, a shop where a pawnbroker does business.
- Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pawn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- ancilla,
- appliance,
- assurance,
- bail,
- bishop,
- bond,
- borrow,
- bottomry,
- castle,
- chance,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- chessman,
- cog,
- collateral,
- commonality,
- commonalty,
- contrivance,
- creature,
- deposit,
- device,
- dip,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- earnest,
- earnest money,
- escrow,
- float a loan,
- flunky,
- follower,
- gage,
- gamble,
- get a loan,
- get on credit,
- go bail,
- go-between,
- guarantee,
- guaranty,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- handsel,
- hazard,
- hit one for,
- hit up,
- hock,
- hoi polloi,
- hostage,
- hypothecate,
- impignorate,
- implement,
- inferior,
- instrument,
- interagent,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- jeopardize,
- junior,
- king,
- knight,
- lever,
- lightweight,
- lower class,
- lower orders,
- mainprise,
- man,
- masses,
- mechanism,
- mediator,
- medium,
- midwife,
- minion,
- mortgage,
- negotiate a loan,
- organ,
- piece,
- pignus,
- plaything,
- pledge,
- plight,
- pop,
- post,
- puppet,
- put in hock,
- put in pawn,
- put up,
- queen,
- raise money,
- recognizance,
- replevin,
- replevy,
- risk,
- rook,
- run into debt,
- second fiddle,
- secondary,
- security,
- servant,
- slave,
- spout,
- stake,
- stooge,
- subaltern,
- subordinate,
- surety,
- third stringer,
- token,
- token payment,
- tool,
- touch,
- toy,
- underling,
- understrapper,
- undertaking,
- vadimonium,
- vadium,
- vehicle,
- venture,
- warrant,
- yes-man