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mont-de-piété

noun
mont-de-pié·​té | \ mōⁿd(ə)pyātā\
plural monts-de-piété\ " \

Definition of mont-de-piété

: a public pawnbroker's office for lending money at reasonable rates

History and Etymology for mont-de-piété

French, from Italian monte di pietà, literally, bank of pity

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