Pawn

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·see Pan, the masticatory.

II. Pawn ·noun A stake hazarded in a wager.

III. Pawn ·noun A man or piece of the lowest rank.

IV. Pawn ·noun State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.

V. Pawn ·noun Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. ·see Pledge, ·noun, 1.

VI. Pawn ·vt 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.

VII. Pawn ·vt To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to Stake; to Risk; to Wager; to Hazard.