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Pledge   /plɛdʒ/   Listen
Pledge

noun
1.
A deposit of personal property as security for a debt.
2.
Someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group.
3.
A drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event.  Synonym: toast.
4.
A binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something.  Synonym: assurance.  "Signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"
verb
(past & past part. pledged; pres. part. pledging)
1.
Promise solemnly and formally.  Synonym: plight.
2.
Pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals.  Synonym: subscribe.
3.
Propose a toast to.  Synonyms: drink, salute, toast, wassail.  "Let's drink to the New Year"
4.
Give as a guarantee.
5.
Bind or secure by a pledge.



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"Pledge" Quotes from Famous Books



... special strength that the half-pint quadruped underwent as much suffering as the half-gallon quadruped. Moral: total abstinence from horseflesh through the whole length and breadth of the scale. This pledge will be in course of administration to all teetotal processionists, not pedestrians, at the publishing office of 'All the Year Round,' on the ...
— The Uncommercial Traveller • Charles Dickens
... shall not sign away my liberty," continued James, "by putting my name to a pledge. I shall drink when I please, ...
— The Bobbin Boy - or, How Nat Got His learning • William M. Thayer
... here, Vona. You understand it. But I can't go away and do the best that's in me unless I go with your pledge to me." ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day
... right" said Edward, springing to his feet—"you are right—you are a noble fellow; and now, remember my parting words, Gustavus:—Here, by the side of your father's grave, I pledge you my soul that through life and till death, in all extremity, Edward O'Connor is your sworn ...
— Handy Andy, Vol. 2 - A Tale of Irish Life • Samuel Lover
... have gotten two since I have been here, so I am going to pledge myself for two or three more for ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Sixth Annual Meeting. Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 • Various


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