Definitions for pledge
plɛdʒpledge

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. pledge(noun)

   a deposit of personal property as security for a debt

   "his saxophone was in pledge"

2. pledge(noun)

   someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group

3. pledge, toast(noun)

   a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event

4. assurance, pledge(verb)

   a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something

   "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"

5. pledge, plight(verb)

   promise solemnly and formally

   "I pledge that I will honor my wife"

6. pledge, subscribe(verb)

   pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals

   "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station"

7. toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail(verb)

   propose a toast to

   "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"

8. pledge(verb)

   give as a guarantee

   "I pledge my honor"

9. pledge(verb)

   bind or secure by a pledge

   "I was pledged to silence"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. pledge(Noun)

   A solemn promise to do something.

2. pledge(Noun)

   A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but not yet formally approved.

3. pledge(Noun)

   A security to guarantee payment of a debt.

4. pledge(Noun)

   A drinking toast.

5. pledge(Noun)

   (the pledge): A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.

6. pledge(Verb)

   To make a solemn promise (to do something).

7. pledge(Verb)

   To deposit something as a security; to pawn.

Origin: From plege, from plege, from plege (Modern pleige) from plevium, plebium, from plebire "to pledge", of origin, from *, from plegō, from dlegh-. Akin to pflegan, plegan, pleon. More at plight.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Pledge(noun)

   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

2. Pledge(noun)

   a person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage

3. Pledge(noun)

   a hypothecation without transfer of possession

4. Pledge(noun)

   anything given or considered as a security for the performance of an act; a guarantee; as, mutual interest is the best pledge for the performance of treaties

5. Pledge(noun)

   a promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do, or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in writing to refrain from using intoxicating liquors or the like; as, to sign the pledge; the mayor had made no pledges

6. Pledge(noun)

   a sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's health; a toast; a health

7. Pledge(noun)

   to deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch

8. Pledge(noun)

   to give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor

9. Pledge(noun)

   to secure performance of, as by a pledge

10. Pledge(noun)

    to bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self

11. Pledge(noun)

    to invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first, and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will; hence, to drink the health of; to toast

Origin: [Cf. OF. pleiger to give security. See Pledge, n.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Pledge

   plej, n. something given as a security: one who becomes surety for another: a sentiment of goodwill or friendship expressed by drinking together.—v.t. to give as security: to engage for by promise: to invite to drink by partaking of the cup first: to drink to the health of.—ns. Pledgee′, the person to whom a thing is pledged; Pledg′er.—Pledge card, a card given, as a remembrancer, to a person who has signed the total abstinence pledge; Pledge cup, a cup for drinking pledges.—Hold in pledge, to keep as security; Put in pledge, to pawn; Take, or Sign, the pledge, to give a written promise to abstain from intoxicating liquor. [O. Fr. plege (Fr. pleige); prob. L. præbēre, to afford.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pledge' in Verbs Frequency: #1080

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pledge in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pledge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of pledge in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump on Thursday:

   I will not make the pledge at this time.

2. Michael Waltz:

   So far the pledge (to ISIS) seems to be legit.

3. Grover Norquist:

   That's the pledge, verbally. I'd like to see it in writing.

4. Manafort Wednesday.Jackson:

   I pledge to do all I can to accelerate the healing process.

5. Donald Trump on Thursday:

   I see no circumstances under which I would tear up that pledge.

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