She had pawned the ring, and couldn't get it out of pawn until the Saturday.
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pawn — ▪ I. pawn pawn 1 [pɔːn ǁ pɒːn] verb [transitive] COMMERCE to leave a valuable item with a pawnbroker in order to borrow money from them. If the person borrowing the money does not pay it back, the pawnbroker can sell the item to get back the debt … Financial and business terms
pawn — /pɔ:n/ noun ♦ to put something in pawn to leave a valuable object with someone in exchange for a loan which has to be repaid if you want to take back the object ♦ to take something out of pawn to repay the loan and so get back the object which… … Dictionary of banking and finance
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