What (who) is pawn - definition
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pawn
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PAWN
I. n.
Pledge (of a chattel to secure a debt), gage, security.
II. v. a.
1.
Pledge, offer or give as security.
2.
Stake, wager, hazard, lay, bet, risk.
Pawn
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PAWN
·noun ·see Pan, the masticatory.
II. Pawn ·noun A stake hazarded in a wager.
III. Pawn ·noun A man or piece of the lowest rank.
IV. Pawn ·noun State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
V. Pawn ·noun Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. ·see Pledge, ·noun, 1.
VI. Pawn ·vt To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to Pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.
pawn
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PAWN
(pawns, pawning, pawned)
1.
If you pawn something that you own, you leave it with a pawnbroker, who gives you money for it and who can sell it if you do not pay back the money before a certain time.
He is contemplating pawning his watch.
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2.
In chess, a pawn is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight pawns at the start of the game.
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3.
If you say that someone is using you as a pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage.
It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President...
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Wikipedia
Pawn
Pawn most often refers to:
- Pawn (chess), the weakest and most numerous piece in the game
- Pawnbroker or pawnshop, a business that provides loans by taking personal property as collateral
Pawn may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for pawn
1. pawn opinion for fact.
Building a Modern Art Collection _ Erik Hall _ Talks at Google
2. from a pawn broker.
Frog Music _ Emma Donoghue _ Talks at Google
3. are just a wooden pawn.
_ Rose McAleese _ Talks at Google
4. He wasn't a pawn of Anthony Blunt.
Agent Moliere - The Life of John Caincross _ Geoff Andrews _ Talks at Google
5. is better than being a pawn.
How to Cage the Monkey Mind _ Tim Ferriss _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of pawn
1. Black could secure a draw by taking the f2 pawn with a knight, but instead, Topalov moved his bishop‘s pawn.
2. Kramnik himself pointed to his 23rd move as "incautious." It weakened his a–pawn and underestimated the coming advance of the computer‘s king pawn.
3. A18 RISHON LETZION, Israel A pawn, then another.
4. "I believes Burns is a pawn of Bush," Jones said.
5. Mack owns a Reno jewelry store and pawn shop within a few blocks from the courthouse.