pawn

pawn
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1.Informal. hock, put in pawn, Rare. impawn; deposit, put up or give as security, impigno-rate, pledge, plight, commit, obligate, bind, mortgage, hypothecate; stake, lay, wager, bet, Poker. ante, Archaic. gage, gamble, speculate; risk, venture, chance, hazard, jeopardize, endanger, imperil.
n
2. security, collateral, gage, pledge, Archaic. plight, impignoration; assurance, guaranty, guarantee, surety, warrant, bond, bail; deposit, down payment, partial or initial payment, handsel; Law. mortgage, Marine Law. bottomry; stake, wager, bet.
3. hostage, Obs. pledge, prisoner, Fr. detenu.
4. pawnage, pawning.
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n
instrument, tool, cat's paw, puppet, creature; jackal, flunky, lackey, attendant, (in India and Ceylon) peon, servant, handmaid, menial; minion, follower, toady, sycophant, yes man; hireling, underling, employee, subordinate, assistant, accomplice, henchman, Sl. stooge; dummy, dupe, Sl. pigeon, gull, gudgeon, Inf. sucker.

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