Definition of pledge

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Pledge (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..

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Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A small plug.
Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise..
Pawn :: Pawn (n.) State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
Borough :: Borough (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.
Impledge :: Impledge (v. t.) To pledge.
Hostage :: Hostage (n.) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released..
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..
Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged..
Bet :: Bet (v. t.) To stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; to wager.
Pignus :: Pignus (n.) A pledge or pawn.
Vow :: Vow (n.) Specifically, a promise of fidelity; a pledge of love or affection; as, the marriage vow..
Pledgeless :: Pledgeless (a.) Having no pledge.
Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come..
Handfast :: Handfast (v. t.) To pledge; to bind; to betroth by joining hands, in order to cohabitation, before the celebration of marriage..
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..
Gage :: Gage (n.) To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge.
Ironclad :: Ironclad (a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge..
Pledge :: Pledge (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..
Pignoration :: Pignoration (n.) The taking of cattle doing damage, by way of pledge, till satisfaction is made..
Mortgage :: Mortgage (n.) State of being pledged; as, lands given in mortgage..
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