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Definition & Synonyms
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• Pledge
- (n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession.
- (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge ones word and honor.
- (n.) To invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first, and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will; hence, to drink the health of; to toast.
- (n.) A sentiment to which assent is given by drinking ones health; a toast; a health.
- (n.) To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge ones self.
- (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge ones watch.
- (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.
- (n.) To secure performance of, as by a 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.
- (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage.
- (n.) A promise or agreement by which one binds ones self to do, or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in writing to refrain from using intoxicating liquors or the like; as, to sign the pledge; the mayor had made no pledges.
Synonyms:
Assurance, Drink, Plight, Salute, Subscribe, Toast, Wassail,
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• Pledgeor
- (n.) Alt. of Pledgor
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Reflection, Ivory, Crunching, Denunciation, Hell, Cranberries, Domain, Tame, Superiority, Conscientious, Favourable, Meek, Wisel, Thrash, Endomorph, Visionary, Phenomenally, Cholestrol, Prostate, Positio, Complaints, Super, Cultivated, Serenity, Ecstatic, Cranberry, Bequests, Co, Dehumanize, Tranc, Continued Fraction, Prostitutes, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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