Look up: pledge

1. pledge
   [Noun] A promise or guarantee.
   Example: The MP made a pledge not to raise taxes.
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2. pledge
   [Noun] A promise or undertaking to do something.
   Example: The government has given a pledge to reduce crime.
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3. pledge
   [n] - a deposit of personal property as security for a debt 2. [n] - someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group 3. [n] - a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event 4. [v] - pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or servi...
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4. pledge
   a corporeal right to a chattel given by a debtor to a creditor and enabling the latter to enjoy priority in demanding settlement of the debt Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs
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5. Pledge
   A pledge arises when documents of title or goods are deposited by one person (pledgor) with another (pledgee) to be held as security for the payment of a debt or the discharge of an obligation upon the understanding that they will be returned once the obligation is discharged. Physical delivery may ...
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6. Pledge
   Pledge noun [ Old French plege , pleige , pledge, guaranty, Late Latin plegium , plivium ; akin to Old French plevir to bail, guaranty, perhaps from Latin praebere to proffer, offer ( sc. fidem a...
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7. Pledge
   Pledge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pledged ; present participle & verbal noun Pledging .] [ Confer Old French pleiger to give security. See Pledge ,
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8. pledge
   1. 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; so...
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9. pledge
   noun a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
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10. pledge
    noun someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group
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11. pledge
    noun 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`
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12. Pledge
    • (n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession. • (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one`s word and honor. • (n.) To invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first, and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will; h...
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13. pledge
    (from the article `property law`) The Russian Federation`s Civil Code permits mortgages and pledges to be used as devices for securing the performance of legal obligation, notably ...
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14. Pledge
    The USS Pledge was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Pledge was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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15. pledge
    Something given as security to guarantee payment of a debt.
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16. pledge
    
    • a deposit of personal property as security for a debt
    • someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group
    • a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
    • a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
    
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17. pledge
    a delivery of property to secure the performance of an obligation owed by one party (debtor/pledgor) to another (secured party). A pledge creates a security interest (lien) in the property so delivered....
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18. pledge
    An article given by a borrower (pledgor) to a lender (pledgee) as a security for a debt. It remains in the ownership of the pledgor although it is in the possession of the pledgee until the debt is repaid. www.`>http://www.`>www....
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19. Pledge
    v.The act of deposition of one's personal propert to obtain personal laon of money.Such a property is called collateral property and if the loan amount is not paid within the due date the property will be lost to repay the loan.
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20. pledge
    v. to deposit personal property as security for a personal loan of money. If the loan is not repaid when due, the personal property pledged shall be forfeit to the lender. The property is known as collateral. To pledge is the same as to pawn. 2) to promise to do something.
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21. Pledge
    See New Member
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22. Pledge
    (law) A `pledge` (also `pawn`) is a bailment or deposit of personal property to a creditor (the pledgee) to secure repayment for some debt or engagement,--> The term is also used to denote the property which constitutes the security. Pledge is the ravi of Roman law, from which m...
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