pawn, pledge (a thing held in pledge)
Explanation: garantia reala mobiliara se mai numeste si "amanet" sau "gaj" pledge (plej) n. 1 the condition of being given or held as security for a contract, payment, etc. [a thing held in pledge] 2 a person or thing given or held as security for the performance of a contract, as a guarantee of faith, etc.; something pawned; hostage SYN.pledge applies to anything given as security for the performance of an act or contract or for the payment of a debt [he gave her a ring as a pledge]; earnest, in current usage, applies to anything given or done as an indication, promise, or assurance of more to follow [her early triumphs are an earnest of her success]; token is used of anything serving or given as evidence of authority, genuineness, good faith, etc. [this watch is a token of our gratitude]; pawn now usually refers to an article left as security for the money lent on it by a pawnbroker; hostage is applied to a person handed over as a pledge for the fulfillment of certain terms or one seized and kept to force others to comply with demands Etymology [ME plegge < OFr pleige < ML plegium < plevium, security, warranty, infl. by Frank *pligi, liability; akin to OS plegan, to warrant] (C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc. pawn1 (pon) n. 1 anything given as security, as for a debt, performance of an action, etc.; pledge; guaranty 2 a hostage 3 the state of being pledged [to put a ring in pawn] 4 the act of pawning vt. 1 to give as security; put in pawn 2 to stake, wager, or risk [to pawn one's honor] SYN. pledge pawnage n. pawner or pawnor n. Etymology [LME paun < MFr pan, piece of cloth < L pannus, cloth (? used as medium of exchange): see pane] (C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Webster's New College Dictionary
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