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pawnbroker

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pawn·bro·ker  (pônbrkr)
n.
One that lends money at interest in exchange for personal property deposited as security.
pawnbroking n.
pawnbroker
Noun
a person licensed to lend money on goods deposited
pawnbroking n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pawnbroker - a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
lender, loaner - someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters
pledgee - someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge
Translations
Spanish pawnbroker [ˈpɔːnbrəukəʳ] n → prestamista m/f
French pawnbroker [ˈpɔːnbrəukəʳ] pawn n → prêteur m sur gages
German pawnbroker [ˈpɔːnbrəukəʳ] pawn n → Pfandleiher m
Italian pawnbroker [ˈpɔːnbrəukəʳ] n → prestatore m su pegno
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"We have at least an hour before us," he remarked, "for they can hardly take any steps until the good pawnbroker is safely in bed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
To think that the pawnbroker shouldn't have known there was a shilling in it
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
The life of her governess, as she calls her, who had run through, it seems, in a few years, all the eminent degrees of a gentlewoman, a whore, and a bawd; a midwife and a midwife-keeper, as they are called; a pawnbroker, a childtaker, a receiver of thieves, and of thieves' purchase, that is to say, of stolen goods; and in a word, herself a thief, a breeder up of thieves and the like, and yet at last a penitent.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
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