pledge+(verb)

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• pledge — 1 / plej/ n 1: a delivery of esp. personal property as security for a debt or other obligation; broadly: the perfection of a security interest in collateral through possession of the collateral by a creditor or other promisee 2 a: property and… …   Law dictionary

• pledge — (n.) mid 14c., surety, bail, from O.Fr. plege (Fr. pleige) hostage, security, bail, probably from Frankish *plegan to guarantee, from a West Germanic root meaning have responsibility for (Cf. O.Saxon plegan vouch for, O.H.G. pflegan to care for,… …   Etymology dictionary

• pledge — ► NOUN 1) a solemn promise or undertaking. 2) Law a thing that is given as security for the fulfilment of a contract or the payment of a debt and is liable to forfeiture in the event of failure. 3) (the pledge) a solemn undertaking to abstain… …   English terms dictionary

• pledge — [[t]ple̱ʤ[/t]] ♦♦♦ pledges, pledging, pledged 1) N COUNT: usu N to inf When someone makes a pledge, they make a serious promise that they will do something. The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the… …   English dictionary

• pledge — ▪ I. pledge pledge 1 [pledʒ] noun [countable] 1. JOURNALISM a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something: • the President s pledge to make employment his priority 2. LAW …   Financial and business terms

• pledge — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ campaign (esp. AmE), election (esp. BrE), manifesto (BrE) ▪ The party s election pledge was to cut income taxes by a third over the next five years. ▪ spending (BrE) …   Collocations dictionary

• pledge — pledge1 [ pledʒ ] verb ** 1. ) transitive MAINLY JOURNALISM to promise seriously and publicly to do something: PROMISE: pledge support: Britain, France, and Germany were among the countries pledging their support. pledge to do something: He has… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pledge — 1 noun (C) 1 PROMISE formal a firm promise or agreement, especially one made publicly or officially: Industrial conflicts continued in spite of a no strike pledge by the unions. | a pledge to do sth: the government s pledge to make no deals with… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pledge — I UK [pledʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms pledge : present tense I/you/we/they pledge he/she/it pledges present participle pledging past tense pledged past participle pledged 1) a) mainly journalism to promise seriously and publicly to do… …   English dictionary

• pledge — /plɛdʒ / (say plej) noun 1. a solemn promise of something, or to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid. 2. a piece of personal property delivered as security for the payment of a debt or the discharge of some obligation, and liable… …  

• pledge — I. noun Etymology: Middle English plegge security, from Anglo French plege, from Late Latin plebium, from *plebere to pledge, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German pflegan to take care of more at plight Date: 14th century 1. a. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary