pawn ticket

American  

noun

1. a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.

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pawn ticket British  

noun

1. a receipt for goods pawned

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Etymology

Origin of pawn ticket

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The police lack the resources to study every pawn ticket for this item.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2020

Searching for the stolen diamond brooch, the police heard of a man attempting to sell a pawn ticket for exactly that, and they thought they had hit the jackpot.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2018

If the customer doesn’t pay in three days, the matao takes the valuables to a licensed pawnshop—recovering his money—and passes on the pawn ticket to the original borrower, says Ho.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 26, 2014

Despair dresses up in a mauve derby and dirty spats, strutting stiffly around a shallow, klieg-lit stage like a man who has a pocketful of cash and a pawn ticket on his soul.

From Time Magazine Archive

The terrified mother pawned the cornet immediately and destroyed the pawn ticket.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith