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Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..

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..

Recognizance :: Recognizance (n.) A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge.

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..

Vadium :: Vadium (n.) Pledge; security; bail. See Mortgage.

Pledgee :: Pledgee (n.) The one to whom a pledge is given, or to whom property pledged is delivered..

Hypothecator :: Hypothecator (n.) One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.

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

Pawn :: Pawn (n.) Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1..

Propine :: Propine (v. t.) To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup..

Pledgor :: Pledgor (n.) One who pledges, or delivers anything in pledge; a pledger; -- opposed to pledgee..

Wed :: Wed (n.) A pledge; a pawn.

Desponsory :: Desponsory (n.) A written pledge of marriage.

Spout :: Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch..

Safe-pledge :: Safe-pledge (n.) A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time.

Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A small plug.

Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

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..

Lumber :: Lumber (n.) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn..

Pawn :: Pawn (v. t.) To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch..

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