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Meaning:
Noun:
- An instance of pawning something.
- chess 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.
- colloquial: Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end, usually not the end that individual would prefer.
- now|_|rare An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
- rare A pawn shop, pawnbroker.
- The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
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Verb:
- To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
- To pledge; to stake or wager.
- video games To render one's opponent a mere pawn, especially in a real-time strategy games.
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