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Pawn
v. t.
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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.
Pawn
v. t.
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To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Pawnable
a.
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Capable of being pawned.
Pawnbroker
n.
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One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Pawnbroking
n.
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The business of a pawnbroker.
Pawnee
n.
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One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
Pawnees
n. pl.
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A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.
Pawner
n.
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Alt. of Pawnor
Pawnor
n.
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One who pawns or pledges anything as security for the payment of borrowed money or of a debt.
Pawpaw
n.
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See Papaw.
Pax
n.
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The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches.
Pax
n.
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A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.
Paxillose
a.
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Resembling a little stake.
Paxilli
pl.
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of Paxillus
Paxillus
n.
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One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.
Paxwax
n.
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The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.
Paxywaxy
n.
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See Paxwax.
Pay
v. t.
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To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.
Paid
imp. & p. p.
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of Pay
Paying
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Pay
Pay
v. t.
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To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.
Pay
v. t.
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Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.
Pay
v. t.
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To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).
Pay
v. t.
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To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.
Pay
v. t.
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To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.
Pay
v. i.
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To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.
Pay
v. i.
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Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.
Pay
n.
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Satisfaction; content.
Pay
n.
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An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.
Payable
a.
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That may, can, or should be paid; suitable to be paid; justly due.