Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To pledge; to stake or wager.

  2. (transitive)To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.

    verpfänden

    закла́дыватьzakládyvatʹ, отдава́ть в зало́гotdavátʹ v zalóg

More definitions
  • leave as a guarantee in return for money

Examples

104 sentences

  1. Tom works at a pawn shop.

    Том працює в ломбарді. — Anjy

    ruТом работает в ломбарде. — marafon

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  2. I pawned my guitar in order to pay the rent.

    Я здав гітару в ломбард, щоб заплатити за квартиру. — deniko

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  3. I pawned my guitar to pay the rent.

    Я здав гітару в ломбард, щоб заплатити за квартиру. — deniko

    ruЯ заложил гитару, чтобы оплатить аренду. — Ooneykcall

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  4. Pawns only move forward.

    Пішки ходять лише вперед. — miketheknight

    ruПешки ходят только вперёд. — marafon

    deBauern können sich nur nach vorne bewegen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. We're all pawns.

    Ми всі пішки. — deniko

    ruМы все пешки. — marafon

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
give as security for loan:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
give as security for loan:

Origin

From Middle English paun, pawyn, pawnd, from Old French pan, pant (“pledge for a payment”)

From Middle English paun, pawyn, pawnd, from Old French pan, pant (“pledge for a payment”), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *pand (“deposit, security, pledge”), further origin uncertain. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pound (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), West Frisian pân (“pawn”), Dutch pand (“pledge, pawn”), German Low German Pand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), German Pfand (“deposit, pledge, pawn”), Swedish pant (“pledge, pawn”), Faroese pantur (“security, lien”), Icelandic pantur (“pledge, security, pawn”).

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Forms

pawns, pawning, pawned, pawned
Base formpawn · to pawn
3rd person singularpawns
Present participlepawning
Past simplepawned
Past participlepawned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypawn
he, she, itpawns

Past simpleLesson

all personspawned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pawned
he, she, ithas pawned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pawn

Synonyms

6 synonyms
to deposit at a pawn shop:hocklumberpledgespoutvamp
Close in meaning
  • leave as a guarantee in return for money:soakhock

Word family

7 related words
Relatedpawn off
Derivedpawnablepawnagepawn uponrepawnunpawnunpawned

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pavilionpawB2pawnbrokerB2pawnshopB2payA1

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