meaning of pawn
1. See Pan, the masticatory.
2. A man or piece of the lowest rank.
3. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n. , 1.
4. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
5. A stake hazarded in a wager.
6. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn ones watch.
7. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
8. borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
Related Words
pawn | pawn ticket | pawnable | pawnbroker | pawnbrokers shop | pawnbroking | pawned | pawnee | pawnees | pawner | pawning | pawnor | pawnshop |
