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| Main Entry: |
pawn
 [pawn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | security for a loan |
| Synonyms: | assurance, bond, collateral, earnest, forfeit, gage, gambit, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security, token, warrant |
| Main Entry: | pawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give as security for a loan |
| Synonyms: | deposit, give in earnest, hazard, hock, hook*, mortgage, pledge |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for assurance |
| Synonyms: | bond, collateral, guarantee, pawn, pledge, recognizance, security, surety, warrant, warranty |
| Notes: | to bail is to remove water from a boat by filling a container and emptying it over the side; to bale is wrap or make into bundles |
Example Sentences
- Now they've moved to pawn shops and scrap haulers, suggesting a world ready for optimism.
- Until you realize this, you'll never be more than a pawn in their schemes.
- If the best chess players had enhanced memories, then the location shouldn't matter: a pawn was still a pawn.
| Main Entry: | borrow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take for temporary use |
| Synonyms: | accept loan of, acquire, beg, bite, bum, cadge, chisel, give a note for, hire, hit up, lift, mooch, negotiate, obtain, pawn, pledge, raise money, rent, run into debt, scrounge, see one's uncle, soak, sponge, take on loan, tap, touch, use temporarily |
| Antonyms: | give, lend, pay, return |
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, attestation, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, certification, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, gage, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, recognizance, security, sure thing, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Main Entry: | hostage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person held captive until captor's demand is met |
| Synonyms: | captive, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, prisoner, sacrificial lamb, scapegoat*, security, surety, token, victim |
| Antonyms: | captor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign of good faith |
| Synonyms: | bail, bond, collateral, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, security, surety, token, warrant, warranty |
| Antonyms: | break |
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; give word of honor |
| Synonyms: | contract, covenant, engage, give word, hock, hook*, mortgage, pawn, plight, promise, sign for, soak*, swear, undertake, vouch, vow |
| Antonyms: | break, disobey, falsify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's word that something will be done |
| Synonyms: | affiance, affirmation, agreement, asseveration, assurance, avowal, betrothal, bond, commitment, compact, consent, contract, covenant, earnest, engagement, espousal, guarantee, insurance, marriage, oath, obligation, pact, parole, pawn, pledge, plight, profession, promissory note, sacred word, security, stipulation, swear, swearing, token, troth, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
| Antonyms: | break, renege |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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