Definition of pledge

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Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..

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Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife..
Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge..
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence..
Bet :: Bet (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
Pledged :: Pledged (imp. & p. p.) of Pledg.
Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..
Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Mortgage :: Mortgage (n.) State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage..
Impignorate :: Impignorate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.
Desponsory :: Desponsory (n.) A written pledge of marriage.
Promise :: Promise (v. t.) To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1..
Commitment :: Commitment (n.) The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession.
Pignerate :: Pignerate (v. t.) To pledge or pawn.
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..
Friborgh :: Friborgh (n.) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge..
Tithing :: Tithing (n.) A number or company of ten householders who, dwelling near each other, were sureties or frankpledges to the king for the good behavior of each other; a decennary..
Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
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