Definition of pledge

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Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..

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Redeemable :: Redeemable (a.) Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable..
Vadium :: Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
Bet :: Bet (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
Security :: Security (n.) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge..
Cautionary :: Cautionary (a.) Given as a pledge or as security.
Sponson :: Sponsional (a.) Of or pertaining to a pledge or agreement; responsible.
Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged..
Impignorate :: Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.
Deposit :: Deposit (v. t.) That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security..
Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Compress :: Compress (n.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part..
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like..
Hypothecator :: Hypothecator (n.) One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
Collateral :: Collateral (n.) Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge..
Borough :: Borough (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.
Headborrow :: Headborrow (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder..
Safe-pledge :: Safe-pledge (n.) A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time.
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence..
Bargain :: Bargain (n.) An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
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