pawnshops
Quick cash stores
Pawnshops are businesses that lend money against personal property left as collateral.
You bring in jewelry, electronics, or tools; the pawnbroker appraises them and offers a loan.
If you repay the loan plus interest, you get your item back.
If not, the shop sells it.
Pawnshops also buy items outright and sell unclaimed merchandise: I found a vintage guitar at a pawnshop.
Security for debt
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- ticketEntry permit slip
pledge · appraisal · valuation · haggling · negotiation · resale · markup · secondhand
Utter loss of hope
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- evictionForced departure from rental
- rentPayment for temporary use
- povertySevere lack of resources
bills · unemployment · debt · crisis · survival · last resort · quick cash · necessity
Pawnbroker's traditional symbol
- usuryExtortionate money lending
- moneylenderOne providing loans
- uncleMale family elder
- hockTrade for quick loan
ticket stub · brass balls · Medici · medieval · licensed · regulated · storefront · neon signs
Ornamental personal accessories
- goldElement seventy-nine
- ringsCircular bands worn
- watchesPortable personal clocks
- electronicsStudy of circuits
guitars · tools · firearms · diamonds · silverware · coins · antiques · cameras
Filmed unscripted programming
- Las VegasNevada's gambling capital
- DetroitMichigan automotive hub
- family businessEnterprise owned by relatives
- hidden treasureConcealed valuables awaiting discovery
collateral
Security for debt
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
ticket · pledge · appraisal · valuation · haggling · negotiation · resale · markup · secondhand · consignment
desperation
Utter loss of hope
bills · poverty · unemployment · debt · crisis · survival · last resort · quick cash · necessity · struggle
three balls
Pawnbroker's traditional symbol
- usuryExtortionate money lending
- moneylenderOne providing loans
- uncleMale family elder
hock · ticket stub · brass balls · Medici · medieval · licensed · regulated · storefront · neon signs
jewelry
Ornamental personal accessories
electronics · guitars · tools · firearms · diamonds · silverware · coins · antiques · cameras · instruments
reality TV
Filmed unscripted programming
- Las VegasNevada's gambling capital
- DetroitMichigan automotive hub
- family businessEnterprise owned by relatives
- predatory lendingpayday loans, title loans, loan sharks, loan sharking, usury
- financebank, CFO, banks, controller, finance
- povertypoverty line, poor, poverty rate, impoverished, generational poverty
- money troublesdebt relief, bad debt, bankruptcy filing, paycheck to paycheck, struggling
- alternative financecrowdfunding, microfinance, microlending, peer-to-peer lending, DeFi
- financial institutionsbanks, central bank, commercial banks, investment bank, investment banks
pawnshopsbanks
Financial institutions or riversides
investment banks · private banks · Swiss banks · credit unions · hedge funds
pawnshopscharities
Groups aiding the needy
charitable organizations · food banks · nonprofit organizations · mutual aid societies · free stores
pawnshopsluxury boutiques
Exclusive small retailers selling expensive goods
Tiffany & Co. · Cartier · department stores · flagship stores · Neiman Marcus