pawnshop
(also pawn shop) /ˈpɔːnʃɒp/ noun [C] (also pawnbroker)Definition
› a store that lends money in exchange for a valuable thing that they can sell if the person leaving it does not pay an agreed amount of money by an agreed time: a pawnshop loan/owner
(Definition of pawnshop noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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