pawner

Variant of pawn

pawn definition

pawn (pôn)

noun

  1. anything given as security, as for a debt, performance of an action, etc.; pledge; guaranty
  2. a hostage
  3. the state of being pledged to put a ring in pawn
  4. the act of pawning

Etymology: LME paun < MFr pan, piece of cloth < L pannus, cloth (? used as medium of exchange): see pane

transitive verb

  1. to give as security; put in pawn
  2. to stake, wager, or risk to pawn one's honor

Related Forms:

pawn Idioms

pawn off

palm off (see phrase under palm)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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