toleaveapossessionwith someone inordertoborrowmoneyfrom thatperson, with theunderstandingthat if you do notpayit back within theagreedtime, thepersoncankeepyourpossessionandsellit
pawn
noun[C]
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pawnnoun[C](GAME PIECE)
any of the eight leastvaluablepiecesin thegameofchess
A pawn is also apersonwho iscontrolledbyothersand used fortheirownadvantage:
In reality, he was morepawnthan player, talented, hard-working, and insecurely based.
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Thus, for example, if the cultivator holds the right to bequeath, this person certainly holds the rights to plant trees, rent out parcels, andpawn.
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Theodore does not emerge from this as a powerful man, indeed he is very much everybody else'spawn.
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In addition to the wild-type, many mixed clones of wild-type andpawncells appeared in progeny obtained from both crosses.
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Instead, she would experience herself as apawn.
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Cells which showed only whirling or backward swimming for less than 3 s, were judged to be exhibiting thepawnphenotype.
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The simplest results of segregation observed among them was that almost all the progeny expressedpawn.
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Clones with wild-type andpawnphenotypes are indicated by white and black ovals, respectively.
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Thus, there are multiple reasons why the sensitivity to being an origin versuspawn, which supports the general function of self-regulation, may have evolved.
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The following six rights are considered: the right to plant or replant trees, rent out,pawn, bequeath, give, and sell.
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Eventually the woman needs topawnthe coat to pay the rent.
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As producers, dyers were especially affected by the increased vigilance around tax collection, the new credit policies and the loss ofpawnlabor.
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Parents which produced both wild-type andpawnclones from autogamy appeared in every autogamous generation.
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In the autogamous lineage thus obtained, some wild-type parents produced only wild-type, while others produced both wild-type andpawnfrom autogamy.
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All normal chess rules apply, including conventions for castling either kingside or queenside, a pawn's initial two-step option, "en passant" captures, promotion, and so on.
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