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Definition of pledgeless - 2 dictionary results

pledge

  [plej] noun, verb, pledged, pledg⋅ing.
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–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.
3. the state of being given or held as security: to put a thing in pledge.
4. Law.
a. the act of delivering goods, property, etc., to another for security.
b. 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.
a. a hostage.
b. a person who becomes bail or surety for another.
–verb (used with object)
9. to bind by or as if by a pledge: to pledge hearers to secrecy.
10. to promise solemnly: to pledge one's support.
11. to give or deposit as a pledge; pawn.
12. to stake, as one's honor.
13. to secure by a pledge; give a pledge for.
14. to accept as a pledge for club, fraternity, or sorority membership.
15. to drink a health or toast to.
–verb (used without object)
16. to make or give a pledge: to pledge for someone.
17. to drink a pledge; toast someone's health, success, etc.
—Idiom
18. take the pledge, to make a solemn, formal vow to abstain from intoxicating drink.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME plege < AF < early ML plevium, plebium, deriv. of plebīre to pledge < Gmc; cf. OE plēon to risk, G pflegen to look after. See plight 2

Related forms:
pledge⋅a⋅ble, adjective
pledger, noun
pledgeless, adjective

Synonyms:
2. warranty, surety, guaranty.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pledge
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: pledged; pledg·ing
1 : to deliver or otherwise put forward as security for a debt or other obligation <pledged his car as collateral for the loan>
2 : to bind by a pledge pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor —Declaration of Independence>
3 : to assure or promise the performance or payment of —pled·gor /'ple-j&r, ple-'jor/ or pledg·er /'ple-j&r/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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