to be in pledge (in pawn)

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• pledge# — pledge n Pledge, earnest, token, pawn, hostage are comparable when they denote something that is given or held as a sign of another s faith or intention to do what has been promised. Pledge, originally and still in some applications a technical… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Pledge — Pledge, n. [OF. plege, pleige, pledge, guaranty, LL. plegium, plivium; akin to OF. plevir to bail, guaranty, perhaps fr. L. praebere to proffer, offer (sc. fidem a trust, a promise of security), but cf. also E. play. [root]28. Cf. {Prebend},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pledge — Pledge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pledged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pledging}.] [Cf. OF. pleiger to give security. See {Pledge}, n.] 1. To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one s watch.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pawn — English has two words pawn. The older, ‘chess piece’ [14], means etymologically ‘footsoldier’. It comes via Anglo Norman poun from medieval Latin pedō ‘infantryman’, a derivative of Latin pēs ‘foot’ (to which English foot is related). The foot… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• pawn — English has two words pawn. The older, ‘chess piece’ [14], means etymologically ‘footsoldier’. It comes via Anglo Norman poun from medieval Latin pedō ‘infantryman’, a derivative of Latin pēs ‘foot’ (to which English foot is related). The foot… …   Word origins

• 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

• Pledge (law) — In law a pledge (also pawn) is a bailment of personal property as a security for some debt or engagement [Joseph Story, Story on Bailments , 286.] The term is also used to denote the property which constitutes the security.Pledge is the pignus of …   Wikipedia

• pledge — A bailment of personal property as security for a debt or obligation, redeemable upon terms and with the implied power of sale on default. 41 Am J1st Pldg & Col § 2. The Roman name applicable to a contract of pledge or pawn was pignus or vadium.… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• pawn — 1 / pȯn/ n 1 a: a pledge and transfer of possession of movable or personal property to a creditor which gives the creditor the privilege of satisfying the debt from the property (as by selling it) if the debt is not repaid within a specified… …   Law dictionary

• pledge — 1 / plej/ n 1: a delivery of esp. personal property as security for a debt or other obligation; broadly: the perfection of a security interest in collateral through possession of the collateral by a creditor or other promisee 2 a: property and… …   Law dictionary

• Pawn — Pawn, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See {Pane}.] 1. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See {Pledge}, n., 1. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English