Pledge

  • 31pledge — 1. noun 1) his election pledge Syn: promise, undertaking, vow, word, word of honor, commitment, assurance, oath, guarantee 2) he gave it as a pledge to a creditor Syn: surety, bond …

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  • 32pledge — im·pledge; re·pledge; pledge; …

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  • 33pledge — A bailment, pawn, or deposit of personal property to a creditor as security for some debt or engagement. Personal property transferred to pledgee as security for pledger s payment of debt or other obligation. Jacobs v. Great Pacific Century Corp …

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  • 34pledge — [14] Pledge comes via Old French plege from late Latin plebium, a derivative of the verb plebīre ‘pledge’. This was probably borrowed from Frankish *plegan ‘guarantee’, a derivative of the same Germanic base as produced English plight ‘pledge’… …

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  • 35pledge —    This occurs several times as a vocative in A Fraternal Fraud, a short story by J.P. Donleavy. The narrator of the story says that he once created a fraternity, a club of male students. It is in this context that ‘pledge’ can occur vocatively,… …

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  • 36pledge — /pledʒ/ noun an object given to a pawnbroker as security for money borrowed ♦ to redeem a pledge to pay back a loan and interest and so get back the security ■ verb ♦ to pledge share certificates to deposit share certificates with a lender as… …

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  • 37pledge|or — pledg|or or pledge|or «pleh JR», noun. Law. a person who deposits something as a pledge …

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  • 38pledge — 1. verb /plɛdʒ/ a) To make a solemn promise (to do something). b) To deposit something as a security; to pawn. 2. noun /plɛdʒ/ …

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  • 39pledge — Synonyms and related words: Bible oath, Greek, accounts payable, accounts receivable, affiliate, agree, amount due, associate, assurance, assure, avouch, avouchment, avow, bad debts, bail, belonger, bib, bill, bills, bind, bond, booze, borrowing …

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  • 40pledge — noun 1》 a solemn promise or undertaking.     ↘a promise of a donation to charity.     ↘(the pledge) a solemn undertaking to abstain from alcohol. 2》 Law a thing that is given as security for the fulfilment of a contract or the payment of a debt… …

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