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21pawnbroking — /pawn broh king/, n. the business of a pawnbroker. Also, pawnbrokerage, pawnbrokery. [1805 15; PAWNBROK(ER) + ING1] * * * Business of advancing loans to customers who have pledged household goods or personal belongings as security. The pawnbroker …
22Vietnam — /vee et nahm , nam , vyet , vee it /, n. 1. Official name, Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and… …
23Kiva (organization) — Infobox Company company name = Kiva Microfunds company company type = Non profit organization foundation = October 2005 location = San Francisco, California, United States key people = Matt Flannery (Chief Executive Officer)Premal Shah… …
24Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (US) — Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act Full title An Act to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes. Acronym BAPCPA Colloquial name(s) Bankruptcy Reform Enacted by the …
25Kiva (ONG) — Kiva (organisation philanthropique) Kiva (organisation philanthropique) Création Octobre 2005 Type ONG humanitaire (microcrédit) Siège San Francisco (États Unis d Amérique) Chief Executive Officer Matt Flannery Site web www.ki …
26Kiva (organisation philanthropique) — Création Octobre 2005 Type ONG humanitaire (microcrédit) Siège San Francisco (États Unis d Amérique) Chief Executive Officer Matt Flannery Site Web www.kiva.org Ki …
27Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities Charity and Charities …
28Myanmar — /muy ahn mah/, n. Union of, official name of Burma. * * * I or Burma officially Union of Myanmar Country, Southeast Asia, on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Area: 261,228 sq mi (676,577 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 42,238,000. Capital:… …
29USURY — the lending of money at exorbitant interest. The practice was banned by the CHRISTIAN CHURCH and by ISLAM which also bans all FORMS of interest on the basis of ARISTOTLE S theory of money. Following the PROTESTANT REFORMATION most Protestant… …
30Russkaya Pravda — Ruskaya Pravda ( ru. Русская правда, Russkaya Pravda ; Archaic: Правда Роська, Pravda Ros ka ; uk. Руська Правда, Rus ka Pravda ) was the legal code of Kievan Rus and the subsequent Rus principalities during the times of feudal division. While it …
