Definition of pledge

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Pledge (n.) Anything given or considered as a security for the performance of an act; a guarantee; as, mutual interest is the best pledge for the performance of treaties..

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Treacherous :: Treacherous (a.) Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Pledgor :: Pledgor (n.) One who pledges, or delivers anything in pledge; a pledger; -- opposed to pledgee..
Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Pignus :: Pignus (n.) A pledge or pawn.
Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise..
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..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..
Lumber :: Lumber (n.) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
Faith :: Faith (n.) Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith..
Bargain :: Bargain (n.) An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..
Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A string of oakum used in calking.
Wadset :: Wadset (n.) A kind of pledge or mortgage.
Gage :: Gage (n.) A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security..
Cautionary :: Cautionary (a.) Given as a pledge or as security.
Impledge :: Impledge (v. t.) To pledge.
Give :: Give (n.) To pledge; as, to give one's word..
Noncommittal :: Noncommittal (n.) A state of not being committed or pledged; forbearance or refusal to commit one's self. Also used adjectively.
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
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