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Definition of pawn verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

pawn

 verb
verb
NAmE//pɔn//
 
pawn somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they pawn
 
 he / she / it pawns
 
 past simple pawned
 
 -ing form pawning
 
 
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to leave an object with a pawnbroker in exchange for money. The object is returned to the owner if they pay back the money within an agreed period of time. If not, it can be sold.
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