pawn
/pɔːn/ verb [T]Definition
› to leave a valuable possession with a pawnbroker (= someone who lends money in exchange for possessions): Under the law, the owner of an automobile may pawn it to secure a loan up to $2,500.
(Definition of pawn verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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