noun ·see pan, the masticatory.
2. pawn ·noun a stake hazarded in a wager.
3. pawn ·noun a man or piece of the lowest rank.
4. pawn ·noun state of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
5. pawn ·noun anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. ·see pledge, ·noun, 1.
6. pawn ·vt to give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.
7. pawn ·vt to pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.