ALL meanings of pledge
pledge
P p - noun pledge a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war. 1
- noun pledge 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. 1
- noun pledge the state of being given or held as security: to put a thing in pledge. 1
- noun pledge Law. the act of delivering goods, property, etc., to another for security. the resulting legal relationship. 1
- noun pledge something given or regarded as a security. 1
- noun pledge a person accepted for membership in a club, fraternity, or sorority, but not yet formally approved. 1
- noun pledge an assurance of support or goodwill conveyed by drinking a person's health; a toast. 1
- noun pledge Obsolete. a hostage. a person who becomes bail or surety for another. 1
- verb with object pledge to bind by or as if by a pledge: to pledge hearers to secrecy. 1
- verb with object pledge to promise solemnly: to pledge one's support. 1
- verb with object pledge to give or deposit as a pledge; pawn. 1
- verb with object pledge to stake, as one's honor. 1
- verb with object pledge to secure by a pledge; give a pledge for. 1
- verb with object pledge to accept as a pledge for club, fraternity, or sorority membership. 1
- verb with object pledge to drink a health or toast to. 1
- verb without object pledge to make or give a pledge: to pledge for someone. 1
- verb without object pledge to drink a pledge; toast someone's health, success, etc. 1
- idioms pledge take the pledge, to make a solemn, formal vow to abstain from intoxicating drink. 1
- abbreviation PLEDGE promise 1
- verbal expression pledge promise to do sth 1
- transitive verb pledge with clause: promise 1
- noun pledge university fraternity 1
- noun pledge sth given as security 1
- noun pledge sth given as a token 1
- intransitive verb pledge bind to a promise 1
- countable noun pledge When someone makes a pledge, they make a serious promise that they will do something. 0
- verb pledge When someone pledges to do something, they promise in a serious way to do it. When they pledge something, they promise to give it. 0
- verb pledge If you pledge a sum of money to an organization or activity, you promise to pay that amount of money to it at a particular time or over a particular period. 0
- verb pledge Pledge is also a noun. 0
- verb pledge If you pledge yourself to something, you commit yourself to following a particular course of action or to supporting a particular person, group, or idea. 0
- verb pledge If you pledge something such as a valuable possession or a sum of money, you leave it with someone as a guarantee that you will repay money that you have borrowed. 0
- noun pledge a formal or solemn promise or agreement, esp to do or refrain from doing something 0
- noun pledge collateral for the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation 0
- noun pledge the condition of being collateral (esp in the phrase in pledge) 0
- noun pledge a sign, token, or indication 0
- noun pledge an assurance of support or goodwill, conveyed by drinking to a person, cause, etc; toast 0
- noun pledge a person who binds himself, as by becoming bail or surety for another 0
- verb pledge to promise formally or solemnly 0
- verb pledge to bind or secure by or as if by a pledge 0
- verb pledge to give, deposit, or offer (one's word, freedom, property, etc) as a guarantee, as for the repayment of a loan 0
- verb pledge to drink a toast to (a person, cause, etc) 0
- noun pledge the condition of being given or held as security for a contract, payment, etc. 0
- noun pledge a person or thing given or held as security for the performance of a contract, as a guarantee of faith, etc.; something pawned; hostage 0
- noun pledge a token or earnest 0
- noun pledge a drinking to someone's health to express good will or allegiance; toast 0
- noun pledge a promise or agreement 0
- noun pledge something promised, esp. money to be contributed in regular payments 0
- noun pledge a person undergoing a trial period before formal initiation into a fraternity, sorority, etc. 0
- verb transitive pledge to present as security or guarantee, esp. for the repayment of a loan; pawn 0
- verb transitive pledge to drink a toast to 0