| 词汇 | pawnbroker |
| 释义 | pawnbroker noun[ C ] uk /ˈpɔːnˌbrəʊ.kər/ us /ˈpɑːnˌbroʊ.kɚ/ a person who lends money in exchange for objects that he or she can sell if the person leaving the objects does not pay an agreed amount of money in an agreed time典当商人，当铺老板 Borrowers & lenders bondholder borrower creditor deadbeat debtor financier guarantor lender loan shark moneylender mortgagee usurer pawnbroker | Business Englishpawnbroker noun[ C ] uk /ˈpɔːnˌbrəʊkər/us a person who lends money in exchange for someone's valuable possession. If the person who borrowed the money does not pay it back by an agreed time, the pawnbroker can sell the possession: Money borrowed from the pawnbroker did not have to be repaid for fifteen months. (alsopawnbroker's) → pawnshop Examples of pawnbrokerpawnbroker Clothing constituted the biggest category of goods brought to pawnbrokers in this era. In 1826 these included the trades of wheelwright, brush-maker, clothier, slopseller, pawnbroker, joiner, coal-merchant and woollen-draper. Having purchased the stool from a pawnbroker, they claimed to hold the key to the paramountcy. Any such rhyme is potentially dangerous, but it was considered that as pawnbrokers are invariably male the obviously rhyming word would be so inapplicable as to be perfectly safe. I was asked some time ago to consider certain questions on behalf of those who are known as pledge brokers and pawnbrokers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The occupations in which the boys are working are engineering, cabinet-making, provision stores, dairies, pawnbrokers, drapery stores and carpet warehouse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard nothing to-day about pawnbrokers' shops full of the furniture of the poor working man lost through greyhound racing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What are the articles that are usually deposited with the pawnbroker by the lender for a loan over £10? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has nothing to do with loans made by pawnbrokers at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The numbers of pawnbrokers' licences issued in the financial years 1938–39 and 1948–49 were 2,672 and 1,726 respectively. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Devaluation is staved off by the courtesy of the international pawnbrokers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can promise them strenuous opposition on behalf of pawnbrokers unless they meet us in that objection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While there has been a decrease in the number of pawnbrokers, has there not been a large increase in the number of unredeemed pledges? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know the extent to which the pawnbrokers are becoming busy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are in the position of pawnbrokers in advancing this money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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