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Mont-de-Piété

Mont-de-Piété is the alternative form of Mont de Piété.

Meaning of Mont de Piété

Noun

Mont de Piété (plural Monts de Piété)

  1. A European pawnbroking establishment, especially one with charitable aims.
    • It is interesting to note that one of the entrances to the Mont de Piété is reserved for clients who wish to raise money on deeds, and I have seen cabmen very busy in bringing to it people who quite shamelessly hold their papers in their hands.1924, Edward Verrall Lucas, A Wanderer in Paris, →ISBN

Forms of Mont-de-Piété

pluralMonts-de-Piété

Questions about Mont-de-Piété

What is Mont-de-Piété the alternative form of?
Mont-de-Piété is the alternative form of Mont de Piété.

Words near Mont-de-Piété in the dictionary

  1. Mont Valier
  2. Mont Vernon
  3. Mont-aux-Sources
  4. Mont-Blanc
  5. Mont-de-Marsan
  6. Mont-de-Piété
  7. Mont-Tremblant
  8. Mont.
  9. Montacute
  10. Montacutes
  11. montacutid

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