1. • noun - a deposit of personal property as security for a debt
   • noun - someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group
   • noun - a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
   • noun - a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
   • verb - promise solemnly and formally
   • verb - pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals
   • verb - propose a toast to
   • verb - give as a guarantee
   • verb - bind or secure by a pledge
2. • 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.
   • Something given or held as security to guarantee payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation.
   • The condition of something thus given or held: put an article in pledge.
   • Law.
   • Delivery of goods or personal property as security for a debt or an obligation: a loan that required a pledge of property.
   • The contract by which such delivery is made.
   • A token or sign: “fair pledges of a fruitful tree” (Robert Herrick).
   • A person who has been accepted for membership in a fraternity or similar organization and has promised to join but has not yet been initiated.
   • The act of drinking in honor of someone; a toast.
   • A vow to abstain from alcoholic liquor: ex-drinkers who have taken the pledge.
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   • See Synonyms at promise.
   • To bind or secure by or as if by a pledge: pledged themselves to the cause.
   • To deposit as security; pawn.
   • To promise to join (a fraternity or similar organization).
   • To accept as a prospective member of such an organization.
   • To drink a toast to.
   • To make a solemn binding promise; swear.
   • To drink a toast.
3. • v - to give as security for something borrowed

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