Definition of pledge

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Pledge (n.) To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self..

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Pawn :: Pawn (n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
Ironclad :: Ironclad (a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge..
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..
Fund :: Fund (v. t.) To provide and appropriate a fund or permanent revenue for the payment of the interest of; to make permanent provision of resources (as by a pledge of revenue from customs) for discharging the interest of or principal of; as, to fund government notes..
Demivill :: Demivill (n.) A half vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges..
Impledge :: Impledge (v. t.) To pledge.
Band :: Band (v. t.) Pledge; security.
Lombar-house :: Lombar-house (n.) A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piete..
Engaged :: Engaged (a.) Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch..
Vadium :: Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
Vow :: Vow (n.) Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow..
Wed :: Wed (n.) A pledge; a pawn.
Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come..
Hypothecate :: Hypothecate (v. t.) To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry..
Vadimony :: Vadimony (n.) A bond or pledge for appearance before a judge on a certain day.
Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course..
Borwe :: Borwe (n.) Pledge; borrow.
Collateral :: Collateral (n.) Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
Truage :: Truage (n.) A pledge of truth or peace made on payment of a tax.
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