pawnshop
/ˈpɔːnʃɒp/noun
उच्चारण पॉन्शॉप
गिरवी की दुकान, रेहन की दुकान
Core word
noun
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[C]
a shop where you can borrow money by leaving a valuable object with the owner, who can sell it if you do not pay the money back by a particular time
गिरवी की दुकान, रेहन की दुकान
- He had to leave his watch at a pawnshop to pay the rent.
- Pawnshops do good business when times are hard.
- The pawnshop was crowded with people before Diwali.
+ 2 more examples
- He redeemed his guitar from the pawnshop with his first salary.
- There is a pawnshop on every corner of this street.
◇Word family
pawn verbpawnbroker noun
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who lends money in exchange for valuable objects left with them is a pawnbroker.
जो व्यक्ति कीमती चीज़ें गिरवी रखकर पैसा उधार देता है, उसे pawnbroker कहते हैं।