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- Dictionarypledge/plej/
noun
- 1. a solemn promise or undertaking: "the conference ended with a joint pledge to limit pollution" Similar
- 2. a thing that is given as security for the fulfillment of a contract or the payment of a debt and is liable to forfeiture in the event of failure: "he had given the object as a pledge to a creditor" Similar
verb
- 1. commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise: "the government pledged itself to deal with environmental problems"
- 2. give as security on a loan: "the creditor to whom the land is pledged" Similar
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The meaning of PLEDGE is a bailment of a chattel as security for a debt or other obligation without involving transfer of title. How to use pledge in a sentence.
PLEDGE definition: 1. a serious or formal promise, especially one to give money or to be a friend, or something that…. Learn more.
Pledge definition: a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something. See examples of PLEDGE used in a sentence.
A pledge is basically very serious formal promise. You can pledge allegiance to your country, you can pledge to keep a secret, and you can pledge a sum of money to a cause. Pledge can be used as both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it can be a solemn promise you've made.
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.
pledge. (plĕj) n. 1. A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something: signed a pledge never to reveal the secret; a pledge of money to a charity. 2. a. Something given or held as security to guarantee payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation. b. The condition of something thus given or held: put an article in pledge.
Pledge definition: A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something.
Definition of pledge verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When someone pledgesto do something, they promise in a serious way to do it. When they pledge something, they promise to give it.
to promise seriously to do something or give something: Foreign donors have pledged $550 million. He pledged his support to Mandela. [ + to do sth ] He pledged to cut government salaries. (Definition of pledge from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
