| 单词 | pawnbroker |
| 释义 | pawnbroker (once / 5009 pages) n A pawnbroker is someone who owns a shop that loans people money in exchange for valuable items. If you want to hock your engagement ring, head to a pawnbroker! If you pawn your bike at a pawnbroker's shop (also called a pawnshop), you will leave with cash, but not quite as much as your bike is worth. To get it back, you'll have to pay back the money plus interest — and if you don't, the pawnbroker will eventually sell your bike to someone else. To pawn is to "give an object as security in exchange for money," and a broker is a "seller of other people's goods." WORD FAMILYpawnbroker: pawnbrokers USAGE EXAMPLESThis is a Washington of rooming houses, pawnbrokers, topless bars, delis, five-and-dimes, furniture stores, camera stores . Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) Another clear difference is the prominent payday lender shop, replacing the pawnbrokers of 1751. BBC(Oct 20, 2016) They find a bank machine in between Krishna Jewelers & Pawnbrokers and Blooming Buds India Playschool. New York Times(Sep 24, 2016) n a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security Hyper lender, loaner someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters pledgeesomeone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge |
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