pawn

[US]/pɔːn/
[UK]/pɔːn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a chess piece of lowest value; a person who is used or manipulated; a small, insignificant person

vt. to pledge or pawn (an item) as security for a loan.

Phrases & Collocations

pawn shop

pawn off

pawnbroker

Example Sentences

Article 30 A pawn ticket is a loan contract between a pawnshop and a pawner, and is the credence of payment of pawn money to the pawner by the pawnshop.

I pawned the necklace to cover the loan.

an underdeveloped nation that was a pawn in international politics.

After queening a pawn, use it to force mate.

He pawned his gold watch to pay the rent.

Black must blocade the Pawn dooming the Black Rook's to a passive defensive role.

She has redeemed her pawned jewellery.

The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium.

a team down 20 points in the last quarter; down two pawns in the endgame.

newly industrialized economies are racing to pawn off old processes on poorer countries.

If a pawnshop comes into any agreement with a pawnor concerning anything that is not included in the pawn ticket, a supplementary written contract shall be concluded.

Key pawning your tear backfall fault right and wrong, the heart being me is exchanged having entered a bottomless abyss.

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