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What is the noun for pledge?

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pledge
  1. A solemn promise to do something.
  2. Something given by a person who is borrowing money etc to the person he has borrowed it from, to be kept until the money etc is returned.
  3. A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
  4. A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
  5. A drinking toast.
  6. (the) A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “It is my pledge to you that when the war is over, I will do my best to see that you are put back into decent jobs.”
      “Russia, however, will retain Manchuria as a pledge for the loan.”
      “As a pledge of his loyalty to them, Jaffeir places Belvidera in the charge of their leader.”
pledgery
  1. (obsolete) A pledging; suretyship.
pledgeability
  1. The quality of being pledgeable.
pledgor
  1. Alternative spelling of pledger
  2. Examples:
    1. “In a pledge, however, the possession passes to the pledgee or creditor, while the title remains in the pledgor or debtor.”
      “To accept a thing as a pledge knowing that it did not belong to the pledgor was also furtum – not merely acting as an accomplice.”
      “If the pledgor fails to pay the debt secured when due, the pledgee has the right to enforce his pledge.”
pledgeor
  1. Alternative spelling of pledger
pledgee
  1. someone who receives a pledge
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “If the pledgor fails to pay the debt when due, what may the pledgee do with the property?”
      “A court of equity though may do this, and enjoin a pledgee from voting the stock whenever the pledgor's rights would be affected.”
      “In selling pledged property what notice, if any, should the pledgee give the pledgor?”
pledger
  1. someone who gives a pledge
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The pledger and other participants fasted and danced for several days, praying for power.”
      “To avoid any misunderstanding, I say this as a lifelong anti-fag man who lectures smokers in my office like a temperance pledger standing at the door of a pub.”
      “That number must be stated in the notification by the pledger.”
pledg
  1. Obsolete form of pledge.
pledging
pledgings
pledgeors
  1. plural of pledgeor
pledgeries
  1. plural of pledgery
pledgees
pledgors
  1. plural of pledgor
pledgers
  1. plural of pledger
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “That person will agree to be all the other pledgers ' representative in the House of Lords.”
      “If those youths are less likely to use contraceptives at first intercourse, are most of the pledgers putting themselves at greater risk of pregnancy or disease?”
      “Participant pledgers and pledgees may replace the security pledged on the 51 account with another security.”
pledges
  1. plural of pledge
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Those pledges could get harder to keep as the governor a Reaganesque triangulation.”
      “Underfunding the United Nations seems both unwise, and contrary to solemn pledges.”
      “We wanted to find out whether Britain and the West are keeping the pledges we made.”
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