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Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc..

Embarrass :: Embarrass (v. t.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements..

Gear :: Gear (n.) Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear..

Appointment :: Appointment (n.) Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement. Hence:: Arrangement for a meeting; engagement; as, they made an appointment to meet at six..

Pledge :: 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..

Pollicitation :: Pollicitation (n.) A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise..

Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty..

Predy :: Predy (a.) Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship..

Press :: Press (n.) Urgent demands of business or affairs; urgency; as, a press of engagements..

Unattached :: Unattached (a.) Not attached; not adhering; having no engagement; free.

Promise :: Promise (a.) An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made..

Mortgage :: Mortgage (v. t.) To grant or convey, as property, for the security of a debt, or other engagement, upon a condition that if the debt or engagement shall be discharged according to the contract, the conveyance shall be void, otherwise to become absolute, subject, however, to the right of redemption..

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt..

Acceptance :: Acceptance (n.) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance..

Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part..

Agreement :: Agreement (n.) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract..

Betrothal :: Betrothal (n.) The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance..

Del Credere :: Del credere () An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due..

Medley :: Medley (n.) The confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a melee..

Leisure :: Leisure (n.) Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease..

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