Pawn

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1. Noun

See Pan, the masticatory.

2. Noun

A man or piece of the lowest rank.

3. Noun

Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.

4. Noun

State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.

5. Noun

A stake hazarded in a wager.

6. Verb

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.

7. Verb

To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

8. Noun

an article deposited as security
Vocabulary classified under Law

9. Noun

borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
Vocabulary classified under Computing and technology
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