{ "pawn":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": hostage":[], ": one of the chessmen of least value having the power to move only forward ordinarily one square at a time, to capture only diagonally forward, and to be promoted to any piece except a king upon reaching the eighth rank":[], ": one that can be used to further the purposes of another":[], ": something delivered to or deposited with another as security for a loan":[], ": something used as a pledge : guaranty":[], ": the act of pawning":[], ": the state of being pledged":[], ": to deposit in pledge or as security especially in exchange for money":[] }, "examples":[ "Verb", "She was forced to pawn her diamond ring.", "he pawned his antique watch in order to pay off his gambling debt" ], "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun", "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun", "circa 1566, in the meaning defined above":"Verb" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English paun , from Middle French dialect (Walloon, Flanders) pan":"Noun", "Middle English pown , from Anglo-French peoun, paun , from Medieval Latin pedon-, pedo foot soldier, from Latin ped-, pes foot \u2014 more at foot":"Noun" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u022fn", "\u02c8p\u00e4n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "hock", "pledge" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-213554", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "pawnbroker":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": one who lends money in exchange for personal property that can be sold if the loan is not repaid by a certain time":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8p\u00e4n-", "\u02c8p\u022fn-\u02ccbr\u014d-k\u0259r" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "He was desperate for money so he hocked his watch to a pawnbroker .", "Recent Examples on the Web", "For example, if someone builds a firearm at home and then sells it to a pawnbroker or another licensed dealer, that dealer must add a serial number to the weapon before selling it to a customer. \u2014 Michael Collins, USA TODAY , 11 Apr. 2022", "The first hardware man, dealer in fancy articles, clerk in a department store, or pawnbroker would have sold me a revolver and asked no questions. \u2014 Ian Buruma, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022", "The woman, Elizabeth Daniels, was arrested and charged with several crimes, including theft from an at-risk person and providing a false statement to a pawnbroker , according to police records. \u2014 Clare Ansberry, WSJ , 28 Dec. 2021", "Raskolnikov, a haughty and penniless student flitting about the slums of St. Petersburg, brutally murders a nasty old lady\u2014a pawnbroker \u2014and her blameless, just-happened-to-be-there sister. \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 19 Oct. 2021", "In practice, according to the California attorney general\u2019s office, this means any loan from a bank, savings and loan, credit union, finance corporation or even a pawnbroker is exempt from the usury law. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 30 July 2021", "The pawnbroker provided replicas of the gun used in the shooting and Pinkston traced the rifle to Klein\u2019s Sporting Goods in Chicago. \u2014 Meagan Hurley, Dallas News , 15 Apr. 2021", "In killing the old miserly pawnbroker for money, Raskolnikov seeks to purchase his freedom from an existence of degradation. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2021", "Financial and insurance institutions: Bank, currency exchanges, consumer lenders, credit unions, title companies, financial markets, payday lenders and pawnbrokers . \u2014 John Fay, Cincinnati.com , 22 Mar. 2020" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1658, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141600" }, "pawnbrokerage":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": pawnbroking":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024653" } }