Found 4 items, similar to Pawn.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: pawn pion
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: pawn bidak, menggadaikan, pion
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pawn pawn v : leave as a guarantee in return for money; “pawn your grandfather's gold watch” [syn: soak, hock] pawn n 1: an article deposited as security 2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument, cat's-paw] 3: (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 4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pawn Pawn \Pawn\, n. See Pan, the masticatory. [1913 Webster] Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OE. paune, poun, OF. peon, poon, F. pion, LL. pedo a foot soldier, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Pioneer, Peon.] (Chess) A man or piece of the lowest rank. [1913 Webster] Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See Pane.] 1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1. [1913 Webster] As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i. e., interest]. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [R.] [1913 Webster] Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown. --Shak. [1913 Webster] As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness. --Donne. [1913 Webster] 3. A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies. --Shak. [1913 Webster] In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. “Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn.” --Shak. Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged. [1913 Webster] Pawn \Pawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pawning.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] And pawned the last remaining piece of plate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard. [1913 Webster] Pawning his honor to obtain his lust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]