Minor chess piece (4)
I believe the answer is:
pawn
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">minor chess piece</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pawn that I've seen before include "Put into hock" , "Minor chessman" , "Part with temporarily to raise money" , "man on board" , "Lend uncle" .)