When there were unexpected expenses in the household of me and my wife, we could not avoid pawning our belongings.
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Pawning
Synonyms for "pawning" (18 found)
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Noun(2 words)
collateral itemcollateralization
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Related words (9)
Noun(8 words)
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11 entriesassetcollateralizationdeceptioneconomic activityfinancial servicefinancial transactionlending activitylending serviceownership transferpropertytransfer action
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12 entriescollateraldebt transferjewelrypawn loanpawn transactionpawnbrokeragepawnshoppledgeresponsibility shiftringsecuritywatch
Collocations
9 entriescollateral loanloan redemptionpawn loanpawn shoppawn ticketpawnbrokerpawned itempledged itemshort term loan
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2 total sentences available.
Her road had again seemed to stretch out endless, she imagined that there might be hundreds and hundreds of such things that Edward was concealing from her – that they might necessitate more mortgagings, more pawnings of bracelets, more and always more horrors.
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