pawky
— Adjective
– English
~ cunning and sly; "the pawky rich old lady who incessantly scores off her parasitical descendants"- Punch
pawl
— Noun
– English
~ a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
pawn
— Noun
– English
~ borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan
pawn
— Noun
– English
~ (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
pawn
— Noun
– English
~ an article deposited as security
pawn
— Noun
– English
~ a person used by another to gain an end
pawn
— Verb
– English
~ leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
pawnbroker
— Noun
– English
~ a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
pawnee
— Noun
– English
~ a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma
Pawnee
— Noun
– English
~ the Caddoan language spoken by the Pawnee
pawnshop
— Noun
– English
~ a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
pawpaw
— Noun
– English
~ tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
pawpaw
— Noun
– English
~ fruit with yellow flesh; related to custard apples
pawpaw
— Noun
– English
~ small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
pax
— Noun
– English
~ (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist
paxil
— Noun
– English
~ a selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor commonly prescribed as an antidepressant (trade name Paxil)
Paxto
— Noun
– English
~ an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
Paxton
— Noun
– English
~ English architect (1801-1865)
pay packet
— Noun
– English
~ wages enclosed in an envelope for distribution to the wage earner
pay claim
— Noun
– English
~ the wage demanded from management for workers by their union representatives