pand
9.9
An item given to a lender as security for a loan
- noun
- Archaic
:
prenda
- The jeweller kept the necklace as a pand until the loan was repaid.
Examples
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He left his watch as a pand with the moneylender in exchange for a small sum.
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In old Scottish law, a pand was often required before granting a loan.
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He offered a pand to secure the loan.
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Did you see the pand he brought to the bank?
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The jeweller kept the necklace as a pand until the loan was repaid.
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He left his watch as a pand with the moneylender in exchange for a small sum.
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In old Scottish law, a pand was often required before granting a loan.
Synonyms
pawn
vspand
49
6.0
An item left with a shop that lends you money
is the archaic Scottish term for the same pledged item
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pand (a pledge kept for a loan) is related to the familiar word pawn and likely comes from an old word for 'cloth' or a small item left as security, so a pand is an object kept as a pledge during a loan.