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Pawn
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Pawn
1. To give at item to a pawnbroker in exchange for a loan. When one pawns an item, one receives the loan and gives the pawnbroker possession of the item. One may receive the item back within a certain period of time if one repays the loan with interest. If the loan is not repaid, the pawnbroker may sell the item in his/her shop. Because the pawnbroker already has possession of the item, he/she does not report non-payment of a loan and it does not affect the borrower's creditworthiness.

2. A fairly uncommon term for collateral.
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