impawn

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verb

To place an item into pawn.

“He had to impawn everything he owned just to pay his rent.”

OriginEnglish pawn ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbimpawn (third-person singular simple present impawns, present participle impawning, simple past and past participle impawned)

present singular third person impawns · participle present impawning · participle past impawned · past impawned

  1. transitiveTo place an item into pawn.
  2. transitiveTo pledge an item of value in return for a loan, or a trade for money.

    He had to impawn everything he owned just to pay his rent.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishim-
  7. Englishpawn
  8. Englishimpawn

From im- + pawn.

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APA

impawn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impawn

MLA

“impawn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impawn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impawn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impawn.

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