Usually means: Commitment to do or give.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word pledge:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. pledge: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pledge, the pledge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pledge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pledge: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pledge: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pledge, pledge: Wordnik
  7. pledge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pledge: Wiktionary
  9. pledge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pledge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pledge: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Pledge, pledge: Dictionary.com
  13. pledge: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. pledge: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Pledge (The Gazette song), Pledge (album), Pledge (brand), Pledge (law), Pledge, The Pledge (British TV programme), The Pledge (New Hampshire), The Pledge (UK TV programme), The Pledge (film), The Pledge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pledge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pledge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. pledge: Rhymezone
  19. pledge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pledge: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Pledge: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. pledge: Free Dictionary
  23. pledge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. pledge: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. pledge: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. pledge: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. pledge: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  6. PLEDGE: Accounting Glossary
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  9. pledge: Legal dictionary
  10. pledge: Financial dictionary
  11. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  12. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pledge: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. pledge: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pledge: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pledge: Easton Bible
  2. Pledge: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pledge: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pledged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To make a solemn promise (to do something).
verb:  To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
verb:  (transitive) To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
noun:  A solemn promise to do something.
noun:  (with the) A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
noun:  An asset or person temporarily handed over to guarantee the fulfilment of something promised, under threat of permanent loss of the thing handed over; surety, security, hostage.
noun:  (law) A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
noun:  The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is paid.
noun:  (university slang) A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
noun:  A drinking toast.

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