The action of pledging or pawning something.

transferred and figurative. Prison, confinement, durance; also, †pawn. slang.

The action of pawn, v. (in various senses).

The action or fact of impignorating; pledging, pawning, mortgage.

The action of pawning something; the fact or condition of being a pawn (in various senses).

British slang. The action of pawning something. Chiefly in in pop: in pawn, pawned. Cf. pop, v.1 9, pop-shop, n.

The action or an act of pawning or pledging something.

recourse to a pawnbroker.

The practice of pawning articles for more than their true value. Cf. moskeneer, v.