/pɔːn/
pawn
BrE /pɔːn/
NAmE /pɔːn/
a chess piece of the smallest size and least value. Each player has eight pawns at the start of a game.
a person or group whose actions are controlled by more powerful people
The hostages are being used as political pawns.
in pawn
if sth is in pawn, it has been pawned
All her jewellery was in pawn.
pawn
BrE /pɔːn/
NAmE /pɔːn/
~ sth
to leave an object with a pawnbroker in exchange for money. The object is returned to the owner if he or she pays back the money within an agreed period of time. If not, it can be sold.