how to pronounce pawnshop

/ˈpɔːnˌʃɑːp/

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pawnshop is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑː

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meaning of pawnshop

A pawnshop is a shop that offers loans of valuables, usually in exchange for money.

pawnshop frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pawnshop occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pawnshop can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pawnshop can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;