Pawnbroker
noun
A person who lends money in exchange for personal items if the money is not repaid within a specific time.
He couldn't afford the ring so he borrowed money from the pawnbroker.
Often appears as...
- visit a pawnbroker
- pawnbroker shop
noun
A person who lends money in exchange for personal items if the money is not repaid within a specific time.
He couldn't afford the ring so he borrowed money from the pawnbroker.
Often appears as...
- visit a pawnbroker
- pawnbroker shop
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Pawn Implications
A pawned item might be sold by the pawnbroker if the loan isn't repaid on time.
If I don't repay the pawnbroker in a month, he'll sell my guitar.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Bank
A pawnbroker is different from a bank; they offer loans based on collateral, not credit.
I went to a pawnbroker instead of a bank since I needed instant cash for my watch.
Pro Tip 3/3Interest Rates
Pawnbrokers usually charge more interest than banks or formal lenders.
The pawnbroker gave me the loan, but the interest rate was quite high.
Pro Tip 1/3Pawn Implications
A pawned item might be sold by the pawnbroker if the loan isn't repaid on time.
If I don't repay the pawnbroker in a month, he'll sell my guitar.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Bank
A pawnbroker is different from a bank; they offer loans based on collateral, not credit.
I went to a pawnbroker instead of a bank since I needed instant cash for my watch.
Pro Tip 3/3Interest Rates
Pawnbrokers usually charge more interest than banks or formal lenders.
The pawnbroker gave me the loan, but the interest rate was quite high.
Pro Tip 1/3Pawn Implications
A pawned item might be sold by the pawnbroker if the loan isn't repaid on time.
If I don't repay the pawnbroker in a month, he'll sell my guitar.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Bank
A pawnbroker is different from a bank; they offer loans based on collateral, not credit.
I went to a pawnbroker instead of a bank since I needed instant cash for my watch.
Pro Tip 3/3Interest Rates
Pawnbrokers usually charge more interest than banks or formal lenders.
The pawnbroker gave me the loan, but the interest rate was quite high.
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Why should you read...
where a promising youth is seduced and corrupted by the dangers of urban life. But its social critique cuts far deeper. Raskolnikov rationalizes that his own advancement at the cost of the exploitative pawnbroker’s death would be a net benefit to society.
Video examples
Why should you read...
where a promising youth is seduced and corrupted by the dangers of urban life. But its social critique cuts far deeper. Raskolnikov rationalizes that his own advancement at the cost of the exploitative pawnbroker’s death would be a net benefit to society.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Charles Bock
American Writer
My grandfather was a pawnbroker, and when I was in first or second grade, my parents opened their own store. I probably learned to count by putting pawn tickets in numerical order in the back room of the shop.
Quote examples
Arthur Wing Pinero
English Actor
A financier is a pawnbroker with imagination.
Quote examples
Charles Bock
American Writer
My grandfather was a pawnbroker, and when I was in first or second grade, my parents opened their own store. I probably learned to count by putting pawn tickets in numerical order in the back room of the shop.
Quote examples
Arthur Wing Pinero
English Actor
A financier is a pawnbroker with imagination.
Example 1 of 2
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