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The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.

An instance of pawning something.

(archaic) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.

(rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.

To pledge; to stake or wager.

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

(Q135) (chess) The 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.

(person being manipulated by another) (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.

(paan).

A gallery.

(video games) (pwn).