Pawn
Key Facts
Abbreviation
P
Pronunciation
/pɔn/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Chess
Examples in Context
- He is contemplating pawning his watch.
- It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President
- They are the pawns in the power game played by their unseen captors.
- He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn.
- I 'll get there even if I have to pawn my watch to get the railway fare.