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surety
English
Etymology
From Middle English surete, attested since the early 1300s in the sense "guarantee, promise, pledge, assurance", from Anglo-Norman seurté/Old French seurté with the same meaning (whence modern French sûreté), from Latin s?c?rit?s. Equivalent to sure +? -ty. The senses "security, safety, stability" and "certainy" are attested since the late 1300s. "One who undertakes to pay if another does not" is from the early 1400s. Doublet of security.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??????ti/, /??????ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?????ti/, /??????ti/
Noun
surety (countable and uncountable, plural sureties)
- Certainty.
- Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.
- For the more surety they looked round about.
- That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
- (law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
- (law) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.
- A substitute; a hostage.
- Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
Translations
See also
- guarantor
- surcharge
- surcharged
- indorsement
Anagrams
- Steury, tuyers
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pawn
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??n/
- Rhymes: -??n
- (US) IPA(key): /p?n/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /p?n/
- (Southern American English) IPA(key): /p??n/
- Homophone: porn (non-rhotic accents)
Etymology 1
From Middle English pown, pawn, from Anglo-Norman paun, poun (“pawn, pedestrian”) ( = Old French poon, päon, pëon), from Late Latin ped?, ped?nis (“footsoldier”), from Latin p?s, ped- (“foot”). Doublet of peon.
Noun
pawn (plural pawns)
- (chess) The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
- (figuratively) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:pawn
Derived terms
- poisoned pawn
- tall pawn
Translations
See also
- Pawn (chess) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Appendix:Chess_pieces
Etymology 2
From Middle French pan (“pledge, security”), apparently from a Germanic language (compare Middle Dutch pant, Old High German pfant).
Noun
pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)
- (uncountable) The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- An instance of pawning something.
- As therefore the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness, so, O Lord, let this day's comfort be the earnest of to-morrow's.
- (now rare) An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
- , New York, 2001, p.106:
- Brokers, takers of pawns, biting userers, I will not admit; yet […] I will tolerate some kind of usery.
- a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Of Usury
- As for mortgaging or pawning, […] men will not take pawns without use [i.e. interest].
- (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
Translations
Verb
pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)
- To pledge; to stake or wager.
- To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
- 1904, Henry Warren, The Customer's Guide to Banking (page 7)
- A certain, and probably an appreciable, proportion of his so-called money at call and short notice would consist of fortnightly advances made to members of the Stock Exchange against pawned stocks and shares.
- 1965, Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone
- But you'd better take your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it, babe.
- 1904, Henry Warren, The Customer's Guide to Banking (page 7)
Synonyms
- (to deposit at a pawn shop): hock
Translations
See also
- pawn off
Etymology 3
Noun
pawn (countable and uncountable, plural pawns)
- Alternative form of paan
- 1892, Chambers's Journal (volume 69, page 320)
- To our English taste, pawn is very offensive; but the natives of India relish it, and regard it as a necessity. It is much eaten by Mohammedans of both sexes, and by the natives of Bengal.
- 1892, Chambers's Journal (volume 69, page 320)
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
pawn (plural pawns)
- A gallery.
Etymology 5
Verb
pawn (third-person singular simple present pawns, present participle pawning, simple past and past participle pawned)
- (video games) Alternative form of pwn
Anagrams
- WPAN
Middle English
Noun
pawn
- Alternative form of pown (“pawn”)
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