PAWN
\pˈɔːn], \pˈɔːn], \p_ˈɔː_n]\
Definitions of PAWN
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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give as a guarantee
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(chess) the least powerful chessman; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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(chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
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leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
By Princeton University
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See Pan, the masticatory.
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A man or piece of the lowest rank.
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Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
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State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
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A stake hazarded in a wager.
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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.
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To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
By Oddity Software
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See Pan, the masticatory.
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A man or piece of the lowest rank.
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Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
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State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
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A stake hazarded in a wager.
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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.
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To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
By Noah Webster.
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Something given in pledge for security; state of being so pledged; a piece at chess.
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To give as security for a loan.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
