pawn

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Noun

1. The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
   • All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.
2. An instance of pawning something.
3. An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
4. A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

Verb

1. To pledge; to stake or wager.
2. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

Noun

1. The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
2. A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
   • Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.

Noun

1. Alternative form of paan.

Noun

1. A gallery.

Verb

1. Alternative spelling of pwn.

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