to pawn a watch

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• pawn — /pɔ:n/ noun ♦ to put something in pawn to leave a valuable object with someone in exchange for a loan which has to be repaid if you want to take back the object ♦ to take something out of pawn to repay the loan and so get back the object which… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• pawn — I. /pɔn / (say pawn) verb (t) 1. to deposit as security, as for money borrowed: to pawn a watch. 2. to pledge or stake: I pawn my honour. –noun 3. state of being deposited or held as security: jewels in pawn. 4. something given or deposited as… …  

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• Pawn — Pawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pawning}.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] And pawned the last remaining… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pawn — pawn1 pawnable, adj. pawner /paw neuhr/, pawnor /paw neuhr, nawr/, n. /pawn/, v.t. 1. to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, esp. with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch. 2. to pledge; stake; risk: to pawn one s life …   Universalium

• pawn — [[t]pɔ͟ːn[/t]] pawns, pawning, pawned 1) VERB If you pawn something that you own, you leave it with a pawnbroker, who gives you money for it and who can sell it if you do not pay back the money before a certain time. [V n] He is contemplating… …   English dictionary

• pawn — 1. verb he pawned his watch Syn: pledge, put in pawn, give as security, use as collateral; informal hock, put in hock 2. noun a pawn in the battle for the throne Syn: puppet, dupe, hostage, tool, cat s paw, instrument …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pawn·bro·ker — /ˈpɑːnˌbroʊkɚ/ noun, pl kers [count] : a person who lends money to people in exchange for personal property that can be sold if the money is not returned within a certain time He was desperate for money so he hocked his watch to a pawnbroker …   Useful english dictionary

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• Night Watch (Russian novel) — infobox Book | name = Night Watch title orig = Ночной дозор translator = Andrew Bromfield image caption = Book cover author = Sergei Lukyanenko cover artist = country = Russia language = Russian series = The Night Watch tetralogy genre =… …   Wikipedia

• List of characters in the Night Watch universe — These are the notable characters in the Night Watch books and movies as created by Sergey Lukyanenko with Vladimir Vasilyev. They all play major or medium sized roles in one or more of the following works:Novels:* Night Watch * Day Watch * Dusk… …   Wikipedia