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pledge

[ plej ]

noun

  1. a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something:

    a pledge of aid;

    a pledge not to wage war.

  2. 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.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. the state of being given or held as security:

    to put a thing in pledge.

  4. Law.
    1. the act of delivering goods, property, etc., to another for security.
    2. the resulting legal relationship.
  5. something given or regarded as a security.
  6. a person accepted for membership in a club, fraternity, or sorority, but not yet formally approved.
  7. an assurance of support or goodwill conveyed by drinking a person's health; a toast.
  8. Obsolete.
    1. a hostage.
    2. a person who becomes bail or surety for another.


verb (used with object)

pledged, pledging.
  1. to bind by or as if by a pledge:

    to pledge hearers to secrecy.

  2. to promise solemnly:

    to pledge one's support.

  3. to give or deposit as a pledge; pawn.
  4. to stake, as one's honor.
  5. to secure by a pledge; give a pledge for.
  6. to accept as a pledge for club, fraternity, or sorority membership.
  7. to drink a health or toast to.

verb (used without object)

pledged, pledging.
  1. to make or give a pledge:

    to pledge for someone.

  2. to drink a pledge; toast someone's health, success, etc.

pledge

/ 辫濒蓻诲萧 /

noun

  1. a formal or solemn promise or agreement, esp to do or refrain from doing something
    1. collateral for the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation
    2. the condition of being collateral (esp in the phrase in pledge )
  2. a sign, token, or indication

    the gift is a pledge of their sincerity

  3. an assurance of support or goodwill, conveyed by drinking to a person, cause, etc; toast

    we drank a pledge to their success

  4. a person who binds himself, as by becoming bail or surety for another
  5. sign the pledge or take the pledge
    to make a vow to abstain from alcoholic drink
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to promise formally or solemnly

    he pledged allegiance

  2. tr to bind or secure by or as if by a pledge

    they were pledged to secrecy

  3. to give, deposit, or offer (one's word, freedom, property, etc) as a guarantee, as for the repayment of a loan
  4. to drink a toast to (a person, cause, etc)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫濒别诲驳补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫濒别诲驳别顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 辫濒别诲驳顎侥谤 noun
  • 辫濒别诲驳别顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 颈苍顎卼别谤路辫濒别诲驳别顎 verb (used with object) interpledged interpledging
  • 辫谤别路辫濒别诲驳别顎 verb (used with object) prepledged prepledging noun
  • 辩耻补顎却颈-辫濒别诲驳别顎 verb quasipledged quasipledging
  • 谤别路辫濒别诲驳别顎 verb (used with object) repledged repledging noun
  • 耻苍路辫濒别诲驳别诲顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pledge1

First recorded in 1275鈥1325; Middle English plege, from Anglo-French, from early Medieval Latin plebium, plevium, noun derivative of 辫濒别产墨谤别 鈥渢o pledge,鈥 from Germanic; compare Old English 辫濒脓辞苍 鈥渢o risk,鈥 German pflegen 鈥渢o look after鈥; plight 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of pledge1

C14: from Old French plege, from Late Latin plebium gage, security, from 辫濒别产墨谤别 to pledge, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German pflegan to look after, care for
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. take the pledge, to make a solemn, formal vow to abstain from intoxicating drink.
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Example Sentences

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In October, Mr Musk pledged to cut "at least $2 trillion" from the federal government budget.

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Trump during the early innings of his second presidency followed through on various campaign pledges, introducing new tariffs and dialing up the rhetoric against China and other U.S. trading partners.

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Earlier this month, Kennedy pledged "a massive testing and research effort" to determine the cause of autism in five months.

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Blaming cuts to council funding and rising costs, the NHF says a further one in three providers fear they may close unless the government pledges more money.

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It follows the UK-Ireland summit last month, where the two governments pledged to work closely to deliver security, investment and growth.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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