pledges
noun
Meaning
- A solemn promise to do something.
- A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
- A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
- A drinking toast.
- To make a solemn promise (to do something).
- To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
- To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
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