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Definitions for Pawn

[1] to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
[2] to pledge; stake; risk: to pawn one's life.
[3] the state of being deposited or held as security, especially with or by a pawnbroker: jewels in pawn.
[4] something given or deposited as security, as for money borrowed.
[5] a person serving as security; hostage.
[6] the act of pawning.
[7] Chess . one of eight men of one color and of the lowest value, usually moved one square at a time vertically and capturing diagonally.
[8] someone who is used or manipulated to further another person's purposes.
[9] to deposit (an article) as security for the repayment of a loan, esp from a pawnbroker
[10] to stake to pawn one's honour
[11] an article deposited as security
[12] the condition of being so deposited (esp in the phrase in pawn )
[13] a person or thing that is held as a security, esp a hostage
[14] the act of pawning
[15] a chessman of the lowest theoretical value, limited to forward moves of one square at a time with the option of two squares on its initial move: it captures with a diagonal move only Abbreviation: P Compare piece (def. 12)
[16] a person, group, etc, manipulated by another

Words related to Pawn

dupe, puppet, stooge, patsy, collateral, pledge, gambit, forfeit, guaranty, earnest, token, security, bond, warrant, assurance, guarantee, gage, toy, sucker, tool

Words nearby Pawn

pavor nocturnus, pavé, paw, pawky, pawl, pawn, pawn off, pawn ticket, pawnage, pawnbroker, pawnbroking

Origin of Pawn

21325–75; Middle English poun < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French poon, variant of paon, earlier pe(h)on literally, walker; see peon1

Other words from Pawn

pawn·a·ble , adjective
pawn·er [paw -ner] /ˈpɔ nər/ , paw·nor [paw -ner, -nawr] /ˈpɔ nər, -nɔr/ , noun
un·pawned , adjective

Word origin for Pawn

C14: from Anglo-Norman poun, from Old French pehon, from Medieval Latin pedō infantryman, from Latin pēs foot

Synonyms for Pawn

assurance, bond, collateral, earnest, forfeit, gage, gambit, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security, token, warrant