pawn 1
(pôn)
(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
Phrasal Verb: 1. To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of money borrowed.
2. To risk; hazard: pawn one's honor.
pawn off
To dispose or get rid of deceptively: tried to pawn off the fake gemstone as a diamond.
[Middle English paun, from Old French pan, perhaps of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German pfant.]
pawna·ble adj.
pawnage n.
pawner (pônər), pawnor′(-nôr′) n.
- putridly
- putridness
- putsch
- putschist
- put shoulder to the wheel
- put someone in place
- put (someone) in (someone's) place
- put someone in someone's place
- put someone through paces
- put (someone) through (someone's) paces
- put someone through someone's paces
- put (someone) through the wringer
- put someone through the wringer
- put (someone) up to
- put someone up to
- put something over on
- putt
- puttanesca
- puttee
- putter
- putter
- putter
- putterer
- put the arm/bite/squeeze on
- put the arm on