Answer
Basically the pawnbrokers offered secured loans to individuals against personal property.
Explanation
Pawnbrokers are people being an individual or a business or an organisation who offers money as loans to people which is secured with an item or personal property is used as a collateral. whenever you pawn a property or an item it means that you are you are using it as a collatel. And the pawnbroker will agree to give you cash and hold your item until the time you will pay back as per the agreement.