All 3 Uses
pawn shop
in
The Hate U Give
(Edited)
- Glass shatters at the pawnshop on the next block.
p. 390.1pawnshop = a shop that offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral
- That pawnshop ripped us off a hell of a lot of times.
p. 392.2
- Daddy almost lost his wedding ring to that pawnshop once.
p. 392.3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(pawn shop) a shop that either offers loans to individuals who use their personal property as collateral, or that purchases the personal property outrightAt 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.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)