pawn ticket

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Pawn \Pawn\, n. [OF. pan pledge, assurance, skirt, piece, F. pan skirt, lappet, piece, from L. pannus. See Pane.]

1.Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1. [1913 Webster]

As for mortgaging or pawning, . . . men will not take pawns without use [i. e., interest].— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

2.State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Redeem from broking pawn the blemish'd crown.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

As the morning dew is a pawn of the evening fatness.— Donne.[1913 Webster]

3.A stake hazarded in a wager. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]

My life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

In pawn, At pawn, in the state of being pledged. "Sweet wife, my honor is at pawn." --Shak.

Pawn shop, a shop where a pawnbroker does business.

Pawn ticket, a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged. [1913 Webster]