Definition of pawn

• n. - See Pan, the masticatory.
• n. - A man or piece of the lowest rank.
• n. - Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
• n. - State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
• n. - A stake hazarded in a wager.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.