Definitions
1.NounThe state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge."All our jewellery was in pawn by this stage."
2.NounAn instance of pawning something.
3.NounAn item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
4.NounA pawnshop; pawnbroker.
5.VerbTo pledge; to stake or wager.
6.VerbTo give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
7.NounThe 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.
8.NounA person being manipulated by another, being used to some end."Though a pawn of the gods, her departure is the precipitating cause of the Trojan War."
9.NounAlternative form of paan.
10.NounA gallery.
11.VerbAlternative form of pwn.