pawn

Significat (English)

Noun

1. The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
2. Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.

Verb

1. To pledge; to stake or wager.
2. To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

Verb

Alternative form of pwn

Synonyms

pledge

mortgage

hock

security

hypothecate

soldier

soak

man

👨

instrument

gage

deposit

collateral

guarantee

escort

pawning

piece

hostage

cat’s-paw

bail

law

impawn

jack

lay

manage

man-at-arms

peacock

🦚

pop

press

prisoner

put

rule

serviceman

set

spout

stake

start

statute

sweat

😓

take up

tie

warrant

warrior

win

cat’s paw

chess-man

put in pawn

borrow money

give in pledge

arrest

bargaining chip

begin

bet

bind

borrow

canon

captive

chessman

code

common soldier

compel

counter

credit against pledge of chattels

detain

engage

foot soldier

force

forfeit

guaranty

guard

💂

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɔːn/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: pown

Cognate with neerlandès mitjà: pant

Cognate with alt alemany antic: pfant

In summary

From Middle English pown, from Anglo-Norman poun, paun (“footman”), from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived fom Latin ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.