PAWN

/pɔːn/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 11

Definition

  1. verb leave as a guarantee in return for money. — synonyms: soak, hock
  2. noun an article deposited as security.
  3. noun a person used by another to gain an end. — synonyms: instrument, cat's-paw
  4. noun (chess) the least powerful piece.
  5. noun borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan.

Examples

  • “Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.”
  • “All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.”

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