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What is the noun for promises?

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promise
  1. (countable) An oath or affirmation; a vow.
  2. (countable) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
  3. (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
  4. (computing) A placeholder object that can be manipulated in code before it has been assigned a value.
  5. (countable, obsolete) Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “She made a promise to her late mother that she would take care of her little sister.”
      “From an early age, she showed great promise as a musician.”
      “All signs point to the promise of continued improvements in the cost and performance of digital storage.”
promisor
  1. (law) One who engages or undertakes; a promiser.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The promisee can see only his right ab intra, the duty of the promisor and the judicial process he has to see ab extra.”
      “In our submission, anything short of that is not a satisfactory discharge of the obligations of the promisor to give a right of first refusal.”
      “The promisee is himself entitled to demand performance from the promisor of the undertaking made for the benefit of a third party.”
promiser
  1. One who promises; one who makes promises.
  2. Examples:
    1. “At 6 p.m., we invite you to the Casino de Montreal Stage where Jazz trio SulĂ© will offer what promiser to be a memorable performance!”
      “The promiser is bound to perform what both he and the promisee understood to be undertaken.”
      “In such a case probably all would agree that the promisee ought to release the promiser.”
promisee
  1. (law) A person who receives a promise.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The promisee tried to justify the non-competition covenant on the grounds that it protected trade secrets.”
      “The promisee can see only his right ab intra, the duty of the promisor and the judicial process he has to see ab extra.”
      “The promisee, then, has a right to have her expectations met, given the promisor's voluntary raising of her expectations.”
promissee
  1. Alternative form of promisee
promising
  1. The act of making a promise.
promisings
  1. plural of promising
promissees
  1. plural of promissee
promisees
  1. plural of promisee
promisers
  1. plural of promiser
promisors
  1. plural of promisor
promises
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