Word Definition

Pawn

  1. A stake hazarded in a wager.
  2. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
  3. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
  4. 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.
  5. A man or piece of the lowest rank.
  6. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.