In a pawn transaction, the customer gets a short-term loan of about fifty to seventy-five percent of the value of an item.

VOA: special.2011.04.18

Less than four years later, he had succeeded with each item on his list.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

The item itself acts as the security or collateral for the loan.

VOA: special.2011.04.18

And they use the people in the effected villages to carry their food or whatever item they have taken,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

We have a guitar competition in which the winner wins a Wayne Henderson handmade guitar, which is a very coveted item."

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

He says having a visa to go abroad could count as a big item for today's Chinese consumers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

The one item that comes to my mind right now is electrodes for electrocardiograms, which have been blocked.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

The president says his staff has gone through every budget item looking for waste and inefficiencies.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

There is one item of G.I. gear that can be the differencebetween life and death...

VOA: standard.other

Instead,the big item she wants is for future generations to get an education.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Another big item today is a house. Beijing homes are expensive;

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

Hunter is closer to the truth than joking. Some of the hottest items offered at the Hudson Bay Store include a $44 long sleeve t-shirt, a $50 men's hooded fleece and the top priced item a $400 authentic Team Canada Vancouver 2010 hockey jersey.

VOA: standard.2010.02.17