'Pawnbroker' definitions:
Definition of 'pawnbroker'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security
Definition of 'Pawnbroker'
From: GCIDE
- Pawnbroker \Pawn"bro`ker\, n. One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pawnbroker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bank,
- banker,
- bill broker,
- broker,
- cambist,
- cotton broker,
- credit union,
- diamond broker,
- discount broker,
- estate agent,
- finance company,
- finance corporation,
- furniture broker,
- grain broker,
- hock shop,
- hotel broker,
- insurance broker,
- land broker,
- lender,
- lending institution,
- loan officer,
- loan shark,
- loaner,
- money broker,
- money changer,
- moneylender,
- moneymonger,
- mortgage broker,
- mortgage company,
- mortgage holder,
- mortgagee,
- note broker,
- pawnbrokery,
- pawnshop,
- real estate agent,
- real estate broker,
- Realtor,
- ship broker,
- Shylock,
- stockbroker,
- usurer