Definition of "pawn" []

• Something given as security for a loan; a pledge or guaranty. (noun)
• The condition of being held as a pledge against the payment of a loan: jewels in pawn. (noun)
• A person serving as security; a hostage. (noun)
• The act of pawning. (noun)
• To give or deposit (personal property) as security for the payment of money borrowed. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "These commercials have women with shopping bags talking about sales that couldn't be missed, young couples waving fistsfull of cash while driving off in a car from the title pawn saying "We even got to keep our car"."
• "& Cash, a title pawn and car sales shop on U.S. 431 near Claysville Junior High School."
• "Reports said a customer discovered Moody's body inside Motors & Cash, a title pawn and car sales business on U.S. 431 near Claysville Junior High School."