pawnnoun
uk/pɔːn/us/pɑːn/pawn noun (GAME PIECE)
[ C ] any one of the eight least valuable pieces in the game of chess
[ C ] a person who does not have any real power but is used by others to achieve something:
The refugees are pawns in an international political dispute.
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Board games
- backgammon
- bishop
- blitz
- board game
- castle
- Chinese chequers
- Chutes and Ladders
- counter
- defence
- draught
- endgame
- forfeit
- gambit
- opening
- pin
- queen
- queenside
- resign
- rook
- square
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People of little importance
pawn noun (MONEY)
in pawn
left with a pawnbroker:
She had to put her ring in pawn to pay the bills.
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Buying & selling - general words
- all-you-can-eat
- barter
- black market
- bottom
- brokerage
- channel
- cold-calling
- desk research
- first refusal
- high street
- hock
- market share
- pay
- procurement
- the grey market
- trade
- trade route
- trading
- transaction
- under the counter idiom
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pawnverb [ T ]
uk/pɔːn/us/pɑːn/to leave a possession with a pawnbroker, who gives you money for it and can sell it if the money is not paid back within a certain time:
Of all items pawned, jewellery is the most common.
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Buying & selling - general words
- all-you-can-eat
- barter
- black market
- bottom
- brokerage
- channel
- cold-calling
- desk research
- first refusal
- high street
- hock
- market share
- pay
- procurement
- the grey market
- trade
- trade route
- trading
- transaction
- under the counter idiom
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