单词 | pawning |
释义 | pawningn. The action of pawn v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > [noun] > act of pawning pignoration1549 limbo1590 pawning1592 impignoration1598 pawnage1624 pop1819 pawn1824 avuncularism1859 mosking1902 1592 G. Harvey Fovr Lett. ii. 10 His pawning of his sword, cloake, and what not, when money came short. 1606 T. Palmer Ess. Meanes to make Trauailes more Profitable ii. 99 Buying and selling, exchanging, lending, borrowing, mortgaging, pawning. 1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme ii. sig. D3 The pawning of thy horse. 1799 tr. G. E. Lessing School for Honor iii. vii. 52 You want it not! but prefer selling, pawning, and exposing yourself? 1829 W. C. J. Lewin Autobiogr. in Lewin Lett. (1909) I. ii. 250 Money was wanting and I had depended for this on the pawning of my watch; the pawnbroker, however, declined the transaction. 1938 G. Landtman Origin Inequality Social Classes xiii. 235 Cases of either of these forms of pawning are reported from a great many slave-holding peoples. 2002 S. Waters Fingersmith xvi. 590 All that I could make now through borrowing or pawning I put on little dishes to try and tempt her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592 |
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