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Wat (wie) is Pledge - definitie
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Pledges; Pledging; The pledge; The Pledge; Pledge (disambiguation)
pledge
v. to deposit personal property as security for a personal loan of money. If the loan is not repaid when due, the personal property pledged shall be forfeit to the lender. The property is known as collateral. To pledge is the same as to pawn. 2) to promise to do something.
See also: pawn
pledge
¦ noun
1. a solemn promise or undertaking.
a promise of a donation to charity.
(the pledge) a solemn undertaking to abstain from alcohol.
2. Law a thing that is given as security for the fulfilment of a contract or the payment of a debt and is liable to be forfeited in the event of failure.
a thing given as a token of love, favour, or loyalty.
3. archaic the drinking of a person's health; a toast.
¦ verb
1. solemnly undertake to do or give something.
2. Law give as security on a loan.
3. archaic drink to the health of.
Derivatives
pledgee noun (Law).
pledger noun
pledgor noun (Law).
Origin
ME (denoting a person acting as surety for another): from OFr. plege, from med. L. plebium, perh. related to the Gmc base of plight2.
pledge
I
n.
1) to make, take a pledge
2) to give smb. one's pledge
3) to honor, redeem one's pledge
4) a solemn pledge
5) a campaign pledge
6) a pledge to + inf. (she made a solemn pledge to contribute fifty pounds)
7) a pledge that + clause (he took a pledge that he would slop smoking)
8) (misc.) to take the pledge ('to vow to stop drinking')
II
v.
1) (A) she pledged her support to us; or: she pledged us her support
2) (D; tr.) to pledge to (she was pledged to secrecy)
3) (E) they pledged to return
4) (L) he pledged that he would repay the debt within a month
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor Pledge
1. "And now we have to redeem that pledge, that solemn pledge of September," he said.
2. Germany, for example, is caught between its pledge to eliminate nuclear power and its pledge to slash carbon emissions.
3. The pledge reportedly also barred Mongolian customers.
4. Both candidates pledge to simplify financial aid.
5. Each of us has made a pledge to be worthy of public responsibility –– and that is a pledge we must never forget, never dismiss, and never betray.