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pand — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • collateral noun An asset pledged as security for a loan, which the lender can claim if the borrower fails to repay.
  • pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
  • pledge verb To make a solemn promise to do something.
  • premises noun A piece of land together with the buildings on it, especially as a single property.
  • reach verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.

Senses

pand is used for these senses in English:

  • collateral (finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
  • pawn (rare) A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
  • pledge (law) A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
  • premises Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
  • reach (nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.

collateral — full definition

  1. noun An asset pledged as security for a loan, which the lender can claim if the borrower fails to repay.
  2. adj Secondary or incidental, alongside the main effect or target.

pawn — full definition

  1. verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
  2. noun The least valuable chess piece, which moves forward and captures diagonally.
  3. noun A person being used or manipulated by someone more powerful, for their own ends.

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