pawn

Main Entry:
pawn [pawn]
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
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
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
Notes: guarantee is from Old French garant 'a warrant,' while warranty is from Old North French warantie, derived from warant 'a warrant.' Both garant and warant came from Frankish (the West Germanic language spoken in the 400s and 500s in the region of ancient Gaul that became France), represented by Old High German weren 'to confirm, warrant.' Guarantee is a general term for a representation regarding a good's quality and performance - and warranty is the legal term for the document; the person to whom it is issued is the warrantee with the issuer being the warrantor
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
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
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
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