原指典賣、典押;一種古時#抵押#融資 方式,俗稱「活賣」,指將房屋田產等一段時限內嘅使用權渡讓他人,以換取一筆資金,限期屆滿物主備款續回,不續回表示賣斷。後合拚成「#典當」引伸至一切以實物做抵押嘅融資交易。 (live-sale, a type of pledge in previous time, is to lease the right of use of a property or field in a certain period as a pledge, the pledgor claim back the property at the end of period by returning the money, if no claiming is done means the property is sold to the pledgee .)
動詞Examples
典妻
to leave the wife as a pledge