Definition of pledge

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Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..

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Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale..
Oppignerate :: Oppignerate (v. i.) To pledge; to pawn.
Disgage :: Disgage (v. t.) To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage.
Interpledge :: Interpledge (v. t.) To pledge mutually.
Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife..
Gage :: Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
Teetotaler :: Teetotaler (n.) One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.
Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy..
Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To secure performance of, as by a pledge..
Gage :: Gage (n.) To bind by pledge, or security; to engage..
Pignoration :: Pignoration (n.) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made..
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..
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..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..
Band :: Band (v. t.) Pledge; security.
Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
Pignus :: Pignus (n.) A pledge or pawn.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A promise or agreement by which one binds one's 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..
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