In a dream it is an unlawful means [of gain] in waking life.
Whoever sees in a dream that he is held as a pledge in some place has earned many sins against himself, so his soul is held in pledge by them.
Whoever sees that a pledge has been pawned with him is about to wrong someone else, and the one who pawned it with him will be held liable for it until his pledge is redeemed. A pledge [rahn] is derived from the fixity and permanence of a thing. It signifies slip-ups and discovering scandals, or something that remains with a person and which people talk about. A pledge may signify trial and affliction through love, until his heart becomes a pledge with the one who occupies him. If in the dream he pawns something precious for something worthless, he will be afflicted with love for a worthless person and lose a great deal through him. A pledge in a dream may signify suspicion toward the one who pawns and the one who receives the pledge, and a pledge may signify travel.