(n.) Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
(n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
(n.) A stake hazarded in a wager.
(v. t.) To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.
(v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Example Sentences:
(1) Frederick Juuko, a Ugandan law professor and critic of foreign influence in Ugandan politics, agrees that homosexuality is a pawn for many in times of desperation, including government.
(2) I had jewellery, so I pawned all that, and I taught yoga – that paid the school fees.
(3) They could be playing these people – Morales, Chesimard – off as pawns.” While Cuba was once an attractive destination for criminals, revolutionaries and skyjackers – 34 of 62 American plane hijackers flew to Cuba in 1969 – Fidel Castro lost patience with the swarm as early as the 70s.
(4) In his two interrogations in Belgium, Abdeslam gave the impression he was merely a pawn of Abaaoud and his own brother Brahim, who blew himself up outside a Paris cafe.
(5) Snap – they're my photos 8 Extreme Mountain Unicycling This is wheely dangerous, said a spokesman … 9 How to win Chess in 4 moves Pawn movie 10 Dog Jumps Over A River Cute – you'll want to stream this video Source: Viral Video Chart .
(6) Experiments were done on wild type P. caudatum and on both the wild type and a pawn mutant of P. tetraurelia.
(7) For most women born into the political world, their job description is more pawn than queen: to serve as the physical embodiment of political alliances by marrying husbands chosen by their fathers and giving birth to male heirs.
(8) If in the past the 'louts' were forgotten, it looks like they could now be used as pawns by France's politicians.
(9) Mutants of Paramecium aurelia that are unable to reverse swimming direction are called pawns.
(10) We’re extremely worried that she’s being used as a political pawn.
(11) The kinetic properties of the ciliary membrane Ca2+ ATPase activity in wild type and several behavioral mutants were similar except for those in the pawn mutant, d495, and the paranoiac mutant, d490, both of which had lower specific activities.
(12) Photograph: PA Walker went on: “In stark contrast to how we were treated by the police, the CPS and court staff who were truly respectful and sensitive, I don’t think that as victims we have been treated with genuine respect, but are pawns in the BBC’s ambition to be seen to protect its reputation.
(13) But he added, repeating Putin's line, that people "should not turn into 'pawns' in the hands of those who want to destroy our country".
(14) He refers to the battle as a "different titans' game" which makes the Standard seem like a pawn.
(15) To keep up, the older generation has begun pawning heirlooms and jewellery to get through the winter.
(16) A small girl's placard proclaimed: "When the situation is as dire as this I don't mind my parents using me as a political pawn."
(17) Surrogate mothering and surrogate gestational mothering force us to redefine the age old dictum mater certa est and can render the child a helpless pawn in parental, emotional, and legal strife.
(18) The government of Nauru has said most incidents detailed in the Nauru files were “fabricated” and has accused Australian media and politicians of using refugees as political pawns.
(19) Two heat-sensitive "pawn" mutants of Paramecium aurelia are capable of avoiding reactions when grown at 23 degrees C but not at 35 degrees C. Electrophysiological analyses show that Ca activation is reduces in the mutants even when they are grown at 23 degrees C. The maximal rate of rise and the peak of the evoked action potential (Ca-spike) in the mutants are smaller than those of wild type in a K-solution.
(20) Contrary to media reports, most passengers have not become pawns in an epic industrial battle pitting the human right to free assembly against corporate self-determination.
(n.) The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.
(n.) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty.
(n.) Freedom from risk; safety.
(n.) That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.
(n.) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.
(n.) One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.
(n.) An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) One hundred and twenty-seven states have said with common voice that their security is directly threatened by the 15,000 nuclear weapons that exist in the arsenals of nine countries, and they are demanding that these weapons be prohibited and abolished.
(3) Power urges the security council to "take the kind of credible, binding action warranted."
(4) The west Africa Ebola epidemic “Few global events match epidemics and pandemics in potential to disrupt human security and inflict loss of life and economic and social damage,” he said.
(5) The so-called literati aren't insular – this from a woman who ran the security service – but we aren't going to apologise for what we believe in either.
(6) Solely infectious waste become removed hospital-intern and -extern on conditions of hygienic prevention, namely through secure packing during the transport, combustion or desinfection.
(7) The remaining grafts appeared to be incorporated securely, as determined by radiographic examination.
(8) But because current donor contributions are not sufficient to cover the thousands of schools in need of security, I will ask in the commons debate that the UK government allocates more.
(9) "Especially at a time when they are turning down voluntary requests and securing the positions of senior managers."
(10) Huhne increased the Lib Dems' majority to 3,864 in 2010, securing 24,966 compared with the Conservatives' 21,102, Labour's 5,153 and Ukip's 1,933.
(11) This is not for the most part revolutionary.” Trump has made some of his least ideological picks in the area of national security and foreign policy.
(12) Based on the results of the Community AIM Exploratory Action, further collaborative work is required at EEC level to create an Integrated Health Information Environment (IHE) allowing essentially for integration, modularity and security.
(13) Pyongyang also called the UN security council an "ugly product of American-led international pressure".
(14) To confront this evil – and defeat it, standing together for our values, for our security, for our prosperity.” Merkel gave a strong endorsement of Cameron’s reform strategy, saying that Britain’s demands were “not just understandable, but worthy of support”.
(15) The fact that the security service was in possession of and retained the copy tape until the early summer of 1985 and did not bring it to the attention of Mr Stalker is wholly reprehensible,” he wrote.
(16) The results indicate that the legislated increase in the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits beginning in the 21st century will have relatively small effects on the ages of retirement and benefit acceptance.
(17) We have reported on a simple and secure method of tying up hair during transplantation surgery for alopecia.
(18) Chapman and the other "illegals" – sleeper agents without diplomatic cover – seem to have done little to harm American national security.
(19) Many organisations choose not to affiliate their aid work with the UN, particularly in conflict situations, where the organisation is not always seen either as neutral or separate from the work of the UN security council.
(20) Van Rompuy and Ashton got their jobs at the same time as a result of the Lisbon treaty, which created the posts of president of the European council and high representative for foreign and security policy.