pawn
31pawn — 1. verb he pawned his watch Syn: pledge, put in pawn, give as security, use as collateral; informal hock, put in hock 2. noun a pawn in the battle for the throne Syn: puppet, dupe, hostage, tool, cat s paw, instrument …
32pawn — noun Pawn is used before these nouns: ↑shop …
33pawn — Synonyms and related words: Charlie McCarthy, agent, ancilla, appliance, assurance, bail, bishop, bond, borrow, bottomry, castle, chance, chessman, cog, collateral, commonality, commonalty, contrivance, creature, deposit, device, dip, dummy, dupe …
34pawn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. pledge, hock (sl.). See debt, security. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A person used for another s purposes] Syn. cat s paw, dupe, fool; see tool 2 , victim 2 . 2. [Something given as security] Syn. pledge …
35pawn — pawn1 noun 1》 a chess piece of the smallest size and value. 2》 a person used by others for their own purposes. Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. poun, from med. L. pedo, pedon foot soldier , from L. pes, ped foot . pawn2 verb deposit (an object)… …
36pawn — I v 1.Informal. hock, put in pawn, Rare. impawn; deposit, put up or give as security, impigno rate, pledge, plight, commit, obligate, bind, mortgage, hypothecate; stake, lay, wager, bet, Poker. ante, Archaic. gage, gamble, speculate; risk,… …
37pawn — [pɔːn] noun [C] I 1) a person who is used by someone who is more powerful so that they can achieve an aim 2) one of the eight least important pieces that each player has in a game of CHESS II verb [T] pawn [pɔːn] to give something valuable to a… …
38pawn — 1. n. 1 Chess a piece of the smallest size and value. 2 a person used by others for their own purposes. Etymology: ME f. AF poun, OF peon f. med.L pedo onis foot soldier f. L pes pedis foot: cf. PEON 2. v. & n. v.tr. 1 deposit an object, esp.… …
39Pawn Stars — From left: Corey, Rick, and Richard Harrison Format Reality television Starring Rick Harrison Richard Harrison Corey Harrison …
40Pawn ticket — 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.… …
