Definition of pledge

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Pledge (n.) To secure performance of, as by a pledge..

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Faith :: Faith (n.) Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith..
Penicil :: Penicil (n.) A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To cause to pass the lips; to utter; to pronounce; hence, to promise; to pledge; as, to pass sentence..
Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A small plug.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge..
Pignerate :: Pignerate (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..
Borough :: Borough (n.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
Obligate :: Obligate (v. t.) To bind or firmly hold to an act; to compel; to constrain; to bind to any act of duty or courtesy by a formal pledge.
Vadimony :: Vadimony (n.) A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.
Hand :: Hand (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self..
Compromise :: Compromise (n.) To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn..
Pignoration :: Pignoration (n.) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made..
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..
Give :: Give (n.) To pledge; as, to give one's word..
Mortgage :: Mortgage (n.) State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage..
Wadset :: Wadset (n.) A kind of pledge or mortgage.
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