pawnbroker's business

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• pawnbroker — pawn·bro·ker / pȯn ˌbrō kər/ n: a person who lends money on the security of personal or movable property pledged in his or her keeping or who buys personal property and gives the seller an opportunity to buy back the property Merriam Webster’s… …   Law dictionary

• pawnbroker — pawn‧bro‧ker [ˈpɔːnˌbrəʊkə ǁ ˈpɒːnˌbroʊkər] noun [countable] someone whose business is to lend people money in exchange for valuable objects: • Pawnbrokers are now allowed to charge any interest rate on loans above $2,500. * * * pawnbroker UK US… …   Financial and business terms

• Pawnbroker — Pawn bro ker, n. One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pawnbroker — A pawnbroker is an individual or business entity that offers monetary loans in exchange for an item of value to the given pawn broker. The word pawn is derived from the Latin pignus , for pledge, and the items having been pawned to the broker are …   Wikipedia

• pawnbroker — pawn|bro|ker [ˈpo:nˌbrəukə US ˈpo:nˌbroukər] n someone whose business is to lend people money in exchange for valuable objects. If the money is not paid back, the pawnbroker can sell the object …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pawnbroker's license — A license required of one permitted to carry on the business of a pawnbroker. 40 Am J1st Pawnb § 7 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• pawnbroker — /pawn broh keuhr/, n. a person whose business is lending money at interest on personal, movable property deposited with the lender until redeemed. [1680 90; PAWN1 + BROKER] * * * …   Universalium

• pawnbroker — noun (C) someone whose business is to lend people money in exchange for valuable objects …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pawnbroker — pawn•bro•ker [[t]ˈpɔnˌbroʊ kər[/t]] n. a person whose business is lending money at interest on personal, movable property deposited with the lender until redeemed • Etymology: 1680–90 pawn′bro king, pawn′bro ker•age, pawn′bro ker•y, n …   From formal English to slang

• pawnbroker — A person whose business is to lend money, usually in small sums, on security of personal property deposited with him or left in pawn …   Black's law dictionary

• pawnbroker — A person whose business or occupation it is to take or receive, by way of pledge or pawn, any goods, wares, merchandise, or other kind of personal property, as security for the repayment of money lent thereon. 40 Am J1st Pawnb § 2. A person who… …   Ballentine's law dictionary