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pawnbroker A person who lends money against the security of valuable goods used as collateral. Borrowers can reclaim their goods by repaying the loan and interest within a stated period. However, if the borrower defaults the pawnbroker is free to sell the goods. The operation of pawnbrokers is governed by the Consumer Credit Act (1974).
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Pawnbroker.com Assembles Advisory Board; Industry Powerhouses Support Future Site and Offer Expertise.
Business Wire; 9/30/1999; 700+ words
; ...Directors, National Pawnbrokers Association About Pawnbroker.com Pawnbroker.com will offer consumers and pawnbrokers an online marketplace...immediate purchase. Pawnbroker.com proudly serves pawnbrokers across the country and...
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Pawnbroker.com Announces Assembly of New Sales Team.
Business Wire; 12/30/1999; 700+ words
; ...supplier base of leading pawnbrokers throughout the U.S. The Pawnbroker.com sales team also...Calvin Klein. About Pawnbroker.com Pawnbroker.com, an emerging...first online network of pawnbrokers to sell in a global...
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Pawnbroker.com Reports Q2 Fiscal Year 2000 Financial Results.
Business Wire; 12/29/1999; 700+ words
; ...Advisory Board 9/22/99 Pawnbroker.com Appoints Silicon...as CEO 9/15/99 Pawnbroker.com to Launch e-Business Marketplace for Pawnbrokers and Consumers Three...About Pawnbroker.com Pawnbroker.com, an emerging...first online network of pawnbrokers to sell in a global...
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Pawnbroker.com Gains Access to $24 million Equity Line.
PR Newswire; 8/22/2000; 700+ words
; ...management capabilities. About Pawnbroker.com Pawnbroker.com, an emerging e-tailer...s first online network of pawnbrokers to sell in a global marketplace...equipment and collectibles. Pawnbroker.com offers the pawnbroker...
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Pawnbroker.com Announces Christie's Executive as New CEO.
PR Newswire; 8/15/2000; 700+ words
; ...on August 8, 2000. About Pawnbroker.com Pawnbroker.com, an emerging e-tailer...s first online network of pawnbrokers to sell in a global marketplace...equipment and collectibles. Pawnbroker.com offers the pawnbroker...
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Texas pawnbrokers face poor image, heavy regulation.
Newspaper article from: San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX); 6/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...Sunday ads, "the pawnbroker's Bible" as 15-year pawnbroker Teresa Cook calls...millennia of service, pawnbrokers are among the oldest...negotiations and a pawnbroker's commissions...and video games, pawnbrokers usually pay a quarter...
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Pawnbroker.com Announces Equity Investment.
PR Newswire; 8/11/2000; 665 words
; ...of Pawnbroker.com. About Pawnbroker.com Pawnbroker.com, an emerging e-tailer...s first online network of pawnbrokers to sell in a global marketplace...equipment and collectibles. Pawnbroker.com plans to offer the pawnbroker...
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Pawnbroker.com Announces Appointment of New CFO.
Business Wire; 3/16/2000; 700+ words
; ...Magnin and Company. About Pawnbroker.com Pawnbroker.com, an emerging e-commerce...s first online network of pawnbrokers to trade and sell in a global...equipment and collectibles. Pawnbroker.com plans to offer the pawnbroker...
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Pawnbroker.com Appoints Silicon Valley Veteran as CEO.
Business Wire; 9/22/1999; 700+ words
; ...revolutionary Mosaic Web browser. About Pawnbroker.com Pawnbroker.com will offer consumers and pawnbrokers an online marketplace for buying...value for immediate purchase. Pawnbroker.com proudly serves pawnbrokers across the country and plans...
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Pawnbroker.com Files SEC Registration.
PR Newswire; 8/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...management capabilities. About Pawnbroker.com Pawnbroker.com, an emerging e-tailer...s first online network of pawnbrokers to sell in a global marketplace...equipment and collectibles. Pawnbroker.com plans to offer the pawnbroker...
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pawnbroker
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management
pawnbroker A person who lends money against the security of valuable...stated period. However, if the borrower defaults the pawnbroker is free to sell the goods. The operation of pawnbrokers is governed by the Consumer Credit Act (1974).
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Pawnbroker
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
PAWNBROKER A person who engages in the business of lending money, usually in small sums, in exchange for personal property deposited with him or her that can be kept or sold if the borrower fails or refuses to repay the loan .
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Pawn
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...limited sense, it denotes a deposit of personal property with a pawnbroker as security for a loan. A pawned article is retained until...repaid within a certain time. If it is not repaid on time, the pawnbroker may sell the item.
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William Booth
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...on April 10, 1829. As a youth, he was apprenticed to a pawnbroker, but after a conversion experience he began street preaching...chapel. In 1849 he went to London, where he worked as a pawnbroker. Three years later, however, he became a full-time Methodist...
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pawnbroking
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
...first regulated in Ireland by an act of 1786, which required pawnbrokers to take out an annual licence at a cost of £100...proof of good character. Subsequent legislation required pawnbrokers to execute a bond of £1,000 and to provide three...
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