Meanings
nounpawnshop (plural pawnshops)
plural pawnshops · alternative pawn shop
- The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security
Synonyms: pawnbrokery, pawnbrokerage, Lombard house
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security
More synonyms by meaning
nouna shop where loans are made with personal property as security
Similar
pawnbroker's shoploan office
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مرهن, مرهن
- مرهن (marhan)business premises of a pawnbroker
- مرهن (marhan)business premises of a pawnbroker
Bulgarian зало́жна къ́ща
- зало́жна къ́ща (zalóžna kắšta)business premises of a pawnbroker
Catalan casa de penyores
- casa de penyoresbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Chinese Mandarin 當鋪 /当铺
- 當鋪 /当铺 (dàngpù)business premises of a pawnbroker
Czech zastavárna, frc
- zastavárnabusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- frcbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Danish pantelåner
- pantelånerbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Dutch pandjeshuis, lommerd
- pandjeshuisbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- lommerdbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Esperanto lombardejo
- lombardejobusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Estonian pandimaja
- pandimajabusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Finnish panttilainaamo
- panttilainaamobusiness premises of a pawnbroker
French prêteur sur gages, caisse de crédit municipal
- prêteur sur gagesbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- caisse de crédit municipalbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- mont-de-piétébusiness premises of a pawnbroker
German Pfandhaus
- Pfandhausbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Greek ενεχυροδανειστήριο
- ενεχυροδανειστήριο (enechyrodaneistírio)business premises of a pawnbroker
Hebrew בית עבוט, חנות משכונות
- בית עבוט (bet avót)business premises of a pawnbroker
- חנות משכונות (khanút mashkonót)business premises of a pawnbroker
Hungarian zálogház
- zálogházbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Indonesian pegadaian, rumah gadai
- pegadaianbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- rumah gadaibusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Irish teach gill
- teach gillbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Italian monte di pietà, banco dei pegni
- monte di pietàbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- banco dei pegnibusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Japanese 質屋
- 質屋 (shichiya)business premises of a pawnbroker
Korean 전당포
- 전당포 (jeondangpo)business premises of a pawnbroker
Latvian lombards
- lombardsbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Lithuanian lombardas
- lombardasbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Polish lombard
- lombardbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Portuguese casa de penhores
- casa de penhoresbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Romanian amanet
- amanetbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Russian ломба́рд
- ломба́рд (lombárd)business premises of a pawnbroker
Scottish Gaelic bùth-gheall
- bùth-gheallbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Slovak zastavárna
- zastavárnabusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Spanish casa de empeño, casa de empeños
- casa de empeñobusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- casa de empeñosbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- prenderíabusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- cambalachebusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- tienda de empeñamientobusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- local de pignoraciónbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Swedish pantbank
- pantbankbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Tagalog sanglaan
- sanglaanbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Thai โรงรับจำนำ
- โรงรับจำนำbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Turkish rehinci dükkanı
- rehinci dükkanıbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Ukrainian ломба́рд
- ломба́рд (lombárd)business premises of a pawnbroker
Vietnamese tiệm cầm đồ
- tiệm cầm đồbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Welsh siop wystlo, ponsiop
- siop wystlobusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- ponsiopbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
- siop y pônbusiness premises of a pawnbroker
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
porn shop (nonrhotic)
Cite this entry
APA
pawnshop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawnshop
MLA
“pawnshop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawnshop. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pawnshop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pawnshop.
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