What's the difference between pawn and wager?

Pawn


Definition:

  • (n.) See Pan, the masticatory.
  • (n.) A man or piece of the lowest rank.
  • (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.

Wager


Definition:

  • (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
  • (v. t.) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
  • (v. t.) That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
  • (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet.
  • (v. i.) To make a bet; to lay a wager.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Not everybody has the luxury of being able to earn 20% less, but I wager more people could than do now.
  • (2) After the first-leg games, an unnamed punter wagered £5 on a four-fold bet, predicting the scores of four of the second legs .
  • (3) Not that, I'll wager: he's jsut shanked it way over.
  • (4) "Come on, Dorothy," murmured a man who one wagered had never spoken with the lady, "now's your chance!"
  • (5) And jolly stylish they are too, I'd wager my Guardian store-bought hat on it.)
  • (6) However, as traders and city economists wagered that the London mayor’s intervention had raised the probability of a leave vote in June’s EU referendum, high-profile business figures threw their support behind prime minister David Cameron’s push to stay in the EU .
  • (7) The first bet is economic, wagering that confidence and demand in the economy are high enough to withstand an abrupt withdrawal of public money.
  • (8) Ministers are considering a limit between £50 and £100 – although Lib Dems remain unhappy that this would still be much higher than the £16 every 20 seconds punters can wager in arcades, and £5 limit in casinos.
  • (9) In fact, I’d wager most voters could tell you immediately whether or not Cooper and Kendall are parents, with all the attendant stereotypes on both sides, but probably wouldn’t be able to answer the same question for Burnham and Corbyn.
  • (10) "Money wagered by sumo wrestlers must not be allowed to end up being used to fund gang activities," it said in an editorial.
  • (11) Sure, this particular situation in Malawi looks to be a mess, but I'd wager it has far more complexities than mere celebrity presence, even one as powerful as Madonna's.
  • (12) Presenting his emergency budget yesterday, George Osborne made two enormous wagers, while pulling off two important tactical victories.
  • (13) Agency: Grey London Director: Marcus Söderlund Crabbie's Grand National: "O'Callaghan and Blake" (Starts at 02:59) – UK This big, loud, adrenaline-fuelled trail (appropriately soundtracked by speedpunk band Cerebral Ballzy) offers a representation of the first steeplechase event ever recorded, which apparently came about as a result of a wager in 1752 between two fiery chaps named Cornelius O'Callaghan and Edmund Blake.
  • (14) The single season in Cologne added 21 goals to that tally, 14 by Klaus and seven by Thomas, so I'd wager that with 91 goals between them they're one of the most successful brotherly strikeforces."
  • (15) I’d wager that a millionaire in Cairo, living in a plush, spacious home, travelling in air-conditioned luxury, would be less stressed out by their environment than a taxi driver or a beggar struggling to feed their family.
  • (16) A woman who was temporarily spared death by firing squad last year remains on death row in Indonesia with her life precariously wagered on an slow-moving court case.
  • (17) Chris Evans (@achrisevans) To save you spending your hard earned cash on speculative wagers.
  • (18) On Tuesday, New York governor Andrew Cuomo and California governor Jerry Brown placed what the former called a “friendly wager” on the outcome.
  • (19) Tomislav Ivkovic - who saved notorious Maradona's penalty that included a pre-match wager between two of them - wasn't playing in Yugoslavian league either (Sporting Lisbon) and there were suggestions that Ivica Osim should have put someone from Yugoslav league between the sticks.
  • (20) And the liberal wager is that Orthodox, Islamic and Asian societies can transform themselves too.

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