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Mont de piete   Listen
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Mont de piete  n.  One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house.






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"Mont de piete" Quotes from Famous Books



... &c v.; loan, advance, accommodation, feneration^; mortgage, second mortgage, home loan &c (security) 771; investment; note, bond, commercial paper. mont de piete [Fr.], pawnshop, my uncle's. lender, pawnbroker, money lender; usurer, loan shark. loaner (of item loaned). V. lend, advance, accommodate with; lend on security; loan; pawn &c (security) 771. intrust, invest; place out to interest, put out to interest. let, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... house of his old friend the pawnbroker—that establishment which is called in France the Mont de Piete. "I am obliged to come to you again, my old friend," said Simon, "with some family plate, of which I beseech you to ...
— The Paris Sketch Book Of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh • William Makepeace Thackeray



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