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pawnticket

pawnticket noun: a ticket issued by a pawnbroker to the customer, by which they can later redeem the pawned article.

Noun

pawnticket (plural pawntickets)

  1. A ticket issued by a pawnbroker to the customer, by which they can later redeem the pawned article.
    • New York directs that the holder of a pawnticket shall be the person entitled to redeem the pledge, and the pawnbroker shall deliver the pawned article to the person duly presenting the pawnticket.1911, Samuel Walter Levine, A Treatise on the Law of Pawnbroking as Governed by the Principles of the Common Law, page 63

Forms of pawnticket

pluralpawntickets

Origin of pawnticket

From pawn + ticket.

Questions about pawnticket

What does pawnticket mean?
Pawnticket means a ticket issued by a pawnbroker to the customer, by which they can later redeem the pawned article.
What part of speech is pawnticket?
Pawnticket is a noun.
What is the plural of pawnticket?
The plural of pawnticket is pawntickets.

Words near pawnticket in the dictionary

  1. pawns
  2. pawns off
  3. pawns off as
  4. pawnshop
  5. pawnshops
  6. pawnticket
  7. pawntickets
  8. pawpad
  9. pawpads
  10. pawpaw
  11. pawpaws

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