(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something that you own, you leave it with a ~broker, who gives you money for it and who can sell it if you do not pay back the money before a certain time.
He is contemplating ~ing his watch.
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2.
In chess, a ~ is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight ~s at the start of the game.
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3.
If you say that someone is using you as a ~, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage.
It looks as though he is being used as a political ~ by the President...
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