pawn

Definition of pawn in English English dictionary: Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end, usually not the end that individual would prefer
Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War.; To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop
But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe.; An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge
Brokers, takers of pawns, biting userers, I will not admit; yet I will tolerate some kind of usery.; An instance of pawning something; A pawn shop, pawnbroker; The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant; The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge
All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage.; To pledge; to stake or wager; To render one's opponent a mere pawn, especially in a real-time strategy games; {v} to pledge, leave or give security; {n} a pledge left for security, a chessman; {i} pledge, mortgage; security; game piece (Chess); plaything; The weakest piece on the chessboard, yet the only piece that has the ability to become stronger A pawn moves straight ahead, yet captures pieces diagonally The pawn is the only piece that does not capture the way it moves The pawn also has the ability to capture en passant On the first move of each pawn, a player has the option of advancing that pawn one or two square All subsequent moves of that specific pawn must be one square at a time If the first pawn move is only one square, that pawn loses the ability to ever move more than one square again If a pawn reaches the enemy's first rank, it must be promoted to another piece other than a King It cannot remain a pawn The relative strengths of all other pieces on the chess board are measured in pawn increments; See Pan, the masticatory; A man or piece of the lowest rank; A species of chessman The pawn is the only chessman that moves and captures in distinct ways; An instance of selling to a pawn shop; This is the smallest unit of vis, and is essentially indivisible Vis cannot be used in units of less than a Pawn; leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"; The most common chess piece, each side having eight. Moves are only forward; attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant; State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; A type of shop that allows someone to buy and sell used items; The weakest unit on a chessboard; but the only piece that can be promoted; Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge; to sell something to a pawn shop; a person used by another to gain an end; borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan (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 an article deposited as security leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch; borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan; {f} mortgage, hock; endanger, put at risk; gamble, wager; 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; A stake hazarded in a wager; In chess, a pawn is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight pawns at the start of the game; to render ones opponent as a mere pawn, especially in a real-time strategy game; To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard; (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; A one-pointer; If you pawn something that you own, you leave it with a pawnbroker, who gives you money for it and who can sell it if you do not pay back the money before a certain time. He is contemplating pawning his watch; See Pledge, n; An item sold to a pawn shop; an article deposited as security; If you say that someone is using you as a pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage. It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President
pawn off: To get rid of (something or someone unwanted) by transferring it to another
LeMaster was dealt to the even-lowlier Pittsburgh Pirates for a minor league pitcher. The Indians were so anxious to pawn him off on the Pirates that the club even paid Johnnie a $100,000 assignment fee to go to Pittsburgh.
pawn off: Sell or give something away by pretending it is something more valuable than it is, sell or give by trickery. "I think that the man palmed off a television set that doesn't work."
pawn one's good name: risk one's reputation
pawn revenue: income resulting from a mortgaged asset
pawn shop: store where one can mortgage personal property in exchange for cash
pawn shop: A pawn shop is a pawnbroker's shop
pawn ticket: receipt given by a pawnbroker for goods taken to a pawnshop
pawn ticket: a pawnbroker's receipt for articles taken as security
pawn ticket: A receipt for goods pawned
king's pawn: In chess, a pawn on the E file, where the kings start the game
See also the Wikipedia article on Descriptive chess notation.
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a pawn: {n} pledge
poisoned pawn: The Poisoned Pawn Variation is any of several chess opening variations where a pawn is said to be 'poisoned' because its capture can result in positional problems or material loss for the captor. The best-known of these, and that most often described as the "Poisoned Pawn Variation," is a line of the Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation that begins with the moves:
poisoned pawn variation: The Poisoned Pawn Variation is any of several chess opening variations where a pawn is said to be 'poisoned' because its capture can result in positional problems or material loss for the captor. The best-known of these, and that most often described as the "Poisoned Pawn Variation," is a line of the Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation that begins with the moves:
be a pawn in the game: be an unimportant person who is used by others for their advantage
in pawn: given to another person as security until money is repaid
pawned: past of pawn
pawned: {s} mortgaged as security for loan
pawner: {i} one who gives as security; one who mortgages
pawner: One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt
pawning: present participle of pawn
pawnor: One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt
pawns: plural of , pawn
pawns: third-person singular of pawn

pawn

Turkish pronunciation

pôn

Synonyms

hock, assurance, bond, collateral, earnest, forfeit, gage, gambit, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security, token, warrant, creature

Pronunciation

/ˈpôn/ /ˈpɔːn/

Etymology

[ 'pon, 'pän ] (noun.) 14th century. From Anglo-Norman paun, poun ( = Old French poon, paon), from Late Latin pedo(n-) (“footsoldier”), from Latin pēs, ped- (“foot”).