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pledge
[plej]
noun
a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something.
a pledge of aid;
a pledge not to wage war.
something delivered as security for the payment of a debt or fulfillment of a promise, and subject to forfeiture on failure to pay or fulfill the promise.
Synonyms: , ,the state of being given or held as security.
to put a thing in pledge.
Law.Ģż
the act of delivering goods, property, etc., to another for security.
the resulting legal relationship.
something given or regarded as a security.
a person accepted for membership in a club, fraternity, or sorority, but not yet formally approved.
an assurance of support or goodwill conveyed by drinking a person's health; a toast.
Obsolete.Ģż
a hostage.
a person who becomes bail or surety for another.
verb (used with object)
to bind by or as if by a pledge.
to pledge hearers to secrecy.
to promise solemnly.
to pledge one's support.
to give or deposit as a pledge; pawn.
to stake, as one's honor.
to secure by a pledge; give a pledge for.
to accept as a pledge for club, fraternity, or sorority membership.
to drink a health or toast to.
verb (used without object)
to make or give a pledge.
to pledge for someone.
to drink a pledge; toast someone's health, success, etc.
pledge
/ ±č±ōÉ»åĻō /
noun
a formal or solemn promise or agreement, esp to do or refrain from doing something
collateral for the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation
the condition of being collateral (esp in the phrase in pledge )
a sign, token, or indication
the gift is a pledge of their sincerity
an assurance of support or goodwill, conveyed by drinking to a person, cause, etc; toast
we drank a pledge to their success
a person who binds himself, as by becoming bail or surety for another
to make a vow to abstain from alcoholic drink
verb
to promise formally or solemnly
he pledged allegiance
(tr) to bind or secure by or as if by a pledge
they were pledged to secrecy
to give, deposit, or offer (one's word, freedom, property, etc) as a guarantee, as for the repayment of a loan
to drink a toast to (a person, cause, etc)
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- pledgeable adjective
- pledger noun
- pledgeless adjective
- interpledge verb (used with object)
- prepledge verb (used with object)
- quasi-pledge verb
- repledge verb (used with object)
- unpledged adjective
- Ė±č±ō±š»å²µ²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of pledge1
Idioms and Phrases
take the pledge, to make a solemn, formal vow to abstain from intoxicating drink.
Example Sentences
In the chancellor's Spending Review, the UK Labour government pledged Ā£445m for rail projects in Wales, Ā£118m for restoring coal tips and extra cash for the day-to-day spending of the Welsh government.
Both the UK and Scottish governments have pledged millions of pounds to support the site, while the results of a Ā£1.5m feasibility study - looking at potential low-carbon alternative uses - was published in March.
The club pledged to ensure his legacy lived on.
The Nogent attack put him on the back foot, and he has repeated his pledge to ban social media to under 15-year-olds.
Tenants at one of L.A.ās largest apartment complexes continue to live in unsafe conditions months after the city, county and landlord pledged action.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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