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11Shetland — For other uses, see Shetland (disambiguation). Shetland Sealtainn …
12Neumark — For other uses, see Neumark (disambiguation). Neumark or Ostbrandenburg (de) Nowa Marchia (pl) terra trans Oderam (la) Neumark or East Brandenburg Region of the Margra …
13History of pawnbroking — This history is partially outdated for developments in the 20th century To trace the history of pawnbroking, we must go back to the earliest ages of the world, since lending money on portable security (see money and usury) is one of the most… …
14Montes Pietatis — • Charitable institutions of credit that lend money at low rates of interest, or without interest at all, upon the security of objects left in pawn, with a view to protecting persons in want from usurers Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …
15Spišská Nová Ves — Geobox | Settlement name = Spišská Nová Ves category = Town image caption = symbol = etymology = official name = motto = nickname = country = Slovakia country state = region = Košice district = Spišská Nová Ves commune = municipality = part =… …
16Monte di Pietà — The Monte di Pietà were the first pawnbrokers in Europe.DefinitionBoth the Italian term monte di pietà and the French term mont de piété translate into English as mount of piety. The first institution was started in 1361 by the Bishop of London,… …
17Mount of piety — See also: Montepío (disambiguation) A mount of piety was an institutional pawnbroker run as a charity in Europe from the later Middle Ages times to the 20th century, more often referred to in English by the relevant local term , such as monte di… …
18Chez Ma Tante — A French euphemism for something that has been pawned – literally, “at my aunt’s.” Reporting on a recession driven fillip for Paris’s state owned pawnbroker, Le Crédit Municipal, Angelique Chrisafis wrote in The Guardian: 500 desperate Parisians… …
19in hock — phrasal : pawned his watch was in hock : in debt the company was heavily in hock to the banks * * * in hock 1. In debt 2. In prison …
20pawn off — ˌpawn ˈoff [transitive] [he/she/it pawns off present participle pawning off past tense pawned off past participle pawned off …
