Both Uses of
pawn shop
in
The Fountainhead
- The light came from the window of a pawnshop.†
Chpt 4.16 *pawnshop = a shop that offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral
- He thought, the most indecent sight on earth, a pawnshop window.†
Chpt 4.16
Definition:
a shop that either offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral, or that purchases the personal property outright
At a pawn shop, collateral refers to personal property of the borrower that that is left at the pawn shop. If the loan isn't repaid with interest, the pawn shop keeps (the property an sells it to someone else. Otherwise, the property is returned to the borrower.