Noun
One who makes a business of lending money on the security of personal property pledged or deposited in his keeping.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA financer is a pawnbroker with an imagination. Arthur Wing Pinero
However, if a customer offers an extremely low price the pawnbroker may turn down the offer, because this suggests that the item may either be counterfeit or stolen. Source: Internet
She trails him to the pawn shop and finds out from the pawnbroker that he traded the coat for a gun he had pawned earlier. Source: Internet
Dostoevsky studies the psychological impact upon a desperate and impoverished student when he murders a despicable pawnbroker, transgressing moral law to ultimately “benefit humanity.” Source: Internet
A pawnbroker can also be a charity. Source: Internet
Once the pawnbroker determines the item is genuine and not likely stolen, and that it is marketable, the pawnbroker offers the customer an amount for it. Source: Internet