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pledge
[ plej ]
noun
- a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something:
a pledge of aid;
a pledge not to wage war.
- 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: , ,
- the state of being given or held as security:
to put a thing in pledge.
- Law.
- the act of delivering goods, property, etc., to another for security.
- the resulting legal relationship.
- something given or regarded as a security.
- a person accepted for membership in a club, fraternity, or sorority, but not yet formally approved.
- an assurance of support or goodwill conveyed by drinking a person's health; a toast.
- Obsolete.
- a hostage.
- a person who becomes bail or surety for another.
verb (used with object)
- to bind by or as if by a pledge:
to pledge hearers to secrecy.
- to promise solemnly:
to pledge one's support.
- to give or deposit as a pledge; pawn.
- to stake, as one's honor.
- to secure by a pledge; give a pledge for.
- to accept as a pledge for club, fraternity, or sorority membership.
- to drink a health or toast to.
verb (used without object)
- to make or give a pledge:
to pledge for someone.
- to drink a pledge; toast someone's health, success, etc.
pledge
/ ɛ /
noun
- a formal or solemn promise or agreement, esp to do or refrain from doing something
- collateral for the payment of a debt or the performance of an obligation
- the condition of being collateral (esp in the phrase in pledge )
- a sign, token, or indication
the gift is a pledge of their sincerity
- an assurance of support or goodwill, conveyed by drinking to a person, cause, etc; toast
we drank a pledge to their success
- a person who binds himself, as by becoming bail or surety for another
- sign the pledge or take the pledgeto make a vow to abstain from alcoholic drink
verb
- to promise formally or solemnly
he pledged allegiance
- tr to bind or secure by or as if by a pledge
they were pledged to secrecy
- to give, deposit, or offer (one's word, freedom, property, etc) as a guarantee, as for the repayment of a loan
- to drink a toast to (a person, cause, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˈ岵, adjective
Other Word Forms
- 岵a· adjective
- 岵İ noun
- 岵l adjective
- t·岵 verb (used with object) interpledged interpledging
- ·岵 verb (used with object) prepledged prepledging noun
- ܲȴ-岵 verb quasipledged quasipledging
- ·岵 verb (used with object) repledged repledging noun
- ܲ·岵 adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pledge1
Idioms and Phrases
- take the pledge, to make a solemn, formal vow to abstain from intoxicating drink.
Example Sentences
In response to the findings, Harvard pledged to review its academic offerings and admissions policies - a key demand of the White House, which accuses the Ivy League institution of failure to stamp out campus antisemitism.
Tuesday, standing in the same building where he made that pledge, he said something that would’ve made Isaac Newton fire an apple off the wall.
In his victory speech in the early hours of Tuesday, Carney pledged to "build, baby, build" - an apparent nod to Trump's pledges on oil drilling.
Carney has pledged to quickly begin new trade negotiations with Trump in an attempt to stave off US tariffs on Canadian auto exports set to kick in on 3 May.
During Australia's election campaign, both main parties have pledged billions of dollars for housing, healthcare and energy - aimed at easing cost pressures for citizens.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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