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Another word for pawn

Noun

  1. Something given to guarantee the repayment of a loan or the fulfillment of an obligation

    2. See also:

    transactions

  2. A person used or controlled by others

    3. See also:

    over

Another word for pawn

Verb

  1. To give or deposit as a pawn

    2. See also:

    transactions

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Another word for pawn

Noun

  1. A person used for another's purposes

    2. See also:

    victim

    tool

  2. Something given as security

    3. See also:

    pledge

    pledge

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Sentence Examples

  • He had loved her for so long, until he realized even he was a pawn in her games.

  • He was forced to pawn Rousillon, his possession on the north-east of the Pyrenees, to Louis XI., who refused to part with it.

  • The idea of the active capitalist having any duties towards his employes never seems to occur to him; the labourer is, in fact, merely an instrument in the hands of the capitalist, a pawn in the game he plays.

  • Here he is said to have been obliged to pawn his treasures for 50 gold florins to provide for his immediate wants.

  • Others lie on both banks of the Nam Pawn, and in western Karen-ni on the Nam Tu.

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