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| pledge [ plej ] |
noun (plural pledg·es) |
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1. solemn undertaking: a solemn promise or undertaking
  stood by her election pledges
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2. something given as security: something delivered as security for the keeping of a promise or the payment of a debt or as a guarantee of good faith
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3. education recruit to university society: a student who has been invited, and has promised, to join a fraternity or sorority
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4. promise to give money: a promise to donate money, e.g. to a charity or a political cause
They have raised over $10,000 in donations and pledges.
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5. U.S. law deposit of property: a handing over or deposit of property as security
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6. being held as security: the state of being held as security
goods in pledge
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7. token of something: something given or received as a token of something such as love or friendship
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8. toast: a toast drunk to somebody or something as a gesture of goodwill or support
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verb (past and past participle pledged, present participle pledg·ing, 3rd person present singular pledg·es) |
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1. transitive verb promise something: to promise something solemnly, or promise solemnly to do something
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2. transitive and intransitive verb education promise to join university society: to promise to join a society, fraternity, or sorority in a university
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3. transitive verb education enroll student in society: to admit a student to a society as a new member
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4. transitive verb bind somebody: to submit somebody to a binding pledge
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5. transitive verb give something as security: to hand over something as security for the payment of a debt, repayment of a loan, or the carrying out of some obligation
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dated
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6. transitive and intransitive verb drink to somebody: to drink a toast to somebody
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archaic
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| [14th century. Via French< late Latin plebium< plebire "to pledge," probably < Germanic] |
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| pledg·a·ble adjective |
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sign or take the pledge to undertake solemnly to abstain forever from alcoholic drink (dated)
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