Definition of pledge

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Pledge (n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession.

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Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..
Borwe :: Borwe (n.) Pledge; borrow.
Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife..
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..
Burghbrech :: Burghbrech (n.) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace.
Gage :: Gage (n.) A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security..
Plight :: Plight (n.) To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods..
Pignoration :: Pignoration (n.) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made..
Hypothecator :: Hypothecator (n.) One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like..
Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
Pledgeless :: Pledgeless (a.) Having no pledge.
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..
Sindon :: Sindon (n.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.
Teetotaler :: Teetotaler (n.) One pledged to entire abstinence from all intoxicating drinks.
Give :: Give (n.) To pledge; as, to give one's word..
Staked :: Stake (v. t.) That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
Cautionary :: Cautionary (a.) Given as a pledge or as security.
Vadium :: Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.
Friborgh :: Friborgh (n.) The pledge and tithing, afterwards called by the Normans frankpledge. See Frankpledge..
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