pawn shop
Trade goods, borrow
A pawn shop is a business that lends money against personal property left as collateral.
If you don't repay the loan plus interest, the shop keeps your item and sells it.
Pawn shops also buy items outright, typically at a fraction of their value: I pawned my guitar to make rent.
The atmosphere tends toward the desperate—people pawn things when they need cash fast.
- collateralSecurity for debt
- valuablesPossessions of significant worth
- family heirloomCherished inherited possession
- wedding ringMatrimonial finger ornament
- gold chainsLinked yellow metal jewelry
loans · quick cash · three balls · thriftshop · desperate · hard times · no questions asked · hock · redemption · appraisal · forfeiture · repurchase · borrower · default · layaway · interest · collectibles · lending
- shoppingbuying, purchases, sale, cart, store
- shopsboutique, store, bakery, bookstores, bookstore
- local servicesbarber, barbershop, dentist, dry cleaner, florist
- Main Streetbakery, barbershop, bookstore, boutique, deli
- resaleresale, eBay, secondhand goods, Poshmark, thrifting
- retail spacessupermarket, grocery store, convenience store, department store, boutique
pawn shopinvestment bank
Securities underwriting firm
bank · private bank · hedge fund · Swiss bank · commercial bank
pawn shopSotheby's
Major fine art auctioneer
Neiman Marcus · auction house · antique dealer · consignment shop
pawn shopCartier
French luxury jewelry brand
Sotheby's · Christie's · Neiman Marcus · authorized dealer · flagship store