pawn

pawn
I noun
1) (Chess) Bauer, der
2) (fig.) Schachfigur, die
II 1. noun
Pfand, das

in pawn — verpfändet; versetzt

2. transitive verb
verpfänden; versetzen
* * *
[po:n] 1. verb
(to give (an article of value) to a pawnbroker in exchange for money (which may be repaid at a later time to get the article back): I had to pawn my watch to pay the bill.) versetzen
2. noun
1) (in chess, one of the small pieces of lowest rank.) der Bauer
2) (a person who is used by another person for his own gain, advantage etc: She was a pawn in his ambitious plans.) die Schachfigur
- academic.ru/54042/pawnbroker">pawnbroker
- pawnshop
- in pawn
* * *
pawn1
[pɔ:n, AM esp pɑ:n]
n CHESS Bauer m; (fig) Marionette f, Schachfigur f
pawn2
[pɔ:n, AM esp pɑ:n]
I. vt
to \pawn sth etw verpfänden
II. n
to be in [or BRIT also at] \pawn im Pfandhaus sein
* * *
I [pɔːn]
n (CHESS)
Bauer m; (fig) Schachfigur f II
1. n
(= security) Pfand nt

in pawn — verpfändet, versetzt

to leave or put sth in pawn —

the company is in pawn to foreigners — das Unternehmen ist an ausländische Kapitalgeber verpfändet

2. vt
verpfänden, versetzen
* * *
pawn1 [pɔːn; US auch pɑːn]
A s Pfand (-gegenstand m, -sache f) n, Unterpfand n (auch fig), JUR und fig auch Faustpfand n:
in pawn verpfändet, versetzt;
put in pawn B 1
B v/t
1. verpfänden (auch fig), versetzen
2. WIRTSCH Wertpapiere lombardieren
pawn2 [pɔːn; US auch pɑːn] s
1. Schachspiel: Bauer m
2. fig (bloße) Schachfigur
P abk
1. parking
2. (Schach) pawn
3. PHYS power;
4. PHYS pressure
* * *
I noun
1) (Chess) Bauer, der
2) (fig.) Schachfigur, die
II 1. noun
Pfand, das

in pawn — verpfändet; versetzt

2. transitive verb
verpfänden; versetzen
* * *
(chess) n.
Bauer -n,-s (Schach) m. n.
Pfand ¨-er m. v.
verpfänden v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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