pawnbroking
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pawnbroking
First recorded in 1805–15; pawnbrok(er) + -ing 1
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Mr Nichols said he hoped these cash loans, which are separate to pawnbroking and typically amounted to about £500, would be available again from January.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2019
Cash Converters is a franchised network offering pawnbroking loans in certain markets like Australia, but in Singapore and Malaysia it specializes in buying and reselling second-hand goods.
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2013
The review looked at pawnbroking, payday loans, home credit and the rent-to-buy market.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2010
But only here, it seems, has a candidate collapsed so ingloriously that he brought dishonor on what many consider a shame-proof industry: pawnbroking.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2010
Though I'm only in the pawnbroking line, and an assistant at that, I flatter mythelf I played the blooming financier up to the nines, but he was as stubborn as Balaam's talking moke.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Headon Hill
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