pledge

pledge: ple‹ 1. noun
1) (a promise: He gave me his pledge.) løfte

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: He borrowed $20 and left his watch as a pledge.) pant

3) (a sign or token: They exchanged rings as a pledge of their love.) tegn, pant
2. verb
1) (to promise: He pledged his support.) love, forplikte (seg)

2) (to give to someone when borrowing money etc: to pledge one's watch.) sette i pant

forplikte
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pant

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subst. \/pledʒ\/

1) (også overført) pant

2) løfte, tilsagn, forpliktelse

• a pledge of aid

løfte om bistand

3) avholdsløfte

4) forklaring: donasjon eller løfte om donasjon til veldedig formål

5) skål

• a pledge for the happy couple

en skål for det lykkelige paret

6) forklaring: person som er akseptert som medlem i klubb eller brorskap, men som enda ikke er formelt tatt inn

7) (foreldet) gissel, kausjonist, sikkerhet (om person)

8) (jus) håndpant, håndpantrett

foreclose a pledge (jus) erklære forfall av panteobjekt

goods lying in pledge pantsatte varer

hold\/have in pledge ha i pant

in pledge of som pant for, som sikkerhet for

the pledge eller the temperance pledge eller the total abstinence pledge avholdsløftet

put\/give\/lay in pledge eller leave as a pledge sette i pant, gi i pant, pantsette

take\/sign the pledge avlegge avholdsløftet

take something out of pledge løse ut pant

under pledge of secrecy under taushetsløfte
II
verb \/pledʒ\/

1) sette i pant, gi i pant

2) pantsette, stampe

3) binde, forplikte

4) love, gi lovnad om, gi tilsagn om, tilsi, forplikte seg til

• the country pledged its support

landet lovet sin støtte

5) drikke en skål for, skåle for

• pledge the happy couple

skåle for det lykkelige paret

6) akseptere person som medlem i klubb eller brorskap

7) (jus) håndpantsette, pantsette

pledge allegiance sverge troskap

pledge oneself to forplikte seg til

pledge one's word gi sitt ord

pledge someone to something forplikte noen til noe

pledge to secrecy underlagt taushetsløfte, bundet av taushetsløfte

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Synonyms:

Pawn, gage, deposit, Pawn, impawn, plight, hypothe cate, put in pledge, deposit as security / Guarantee, security, earnest, Gage, give as a guarantee / Surety, hostage, Engage, bind / Health (in drinking), Toast, drink to, drink the health of, drink in honor of

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pledge — 1 / plej/ n 1: a delivery of esp. personal property as security for a debt or other obligation; broadly: the perfection of a security interest in collateral through possession of the collateral by a creditor or other promisee 2 a: property and… … Law dictionary
Pledge — Pledge, n. [OF. plege, pleige, pledge, guaranty, LL. plegium, plivium; akin to OF. plevir to bail, guaranty, perhaps fr. L. praebere to proffer, offer (sc. fidem a trust, a promise of security), but cf. also E. play. [root]28. Cf. {Prebend},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pledge — Pledge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pledged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pledging}.] [Cf. OF. pleiger to give security. See {Pledge}, n.] 1. To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one s watch.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pledge# — pledge n Pledge, earnest, token, pawn, hostage are comparable when they denote something that is given or held as a sign of another s faith or intention to do what has been promised. Pledge, originally and still in some applications a technical… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pledge — [plej] n. [ME plegge < OFr pleige < ML plegium < plevium, security, warranty, infl. by Frank * pligi, liability; akin to OS plegan, to warrant] 1. the condition of being given or held as security for a contract, payment, etc. [a thing… … English World dictionary
Pledge 3 — (Негомбо,Шри Ланка) Категория отеля: 4 звездочный отель Адрес: No 3, Eththukala, 11500 Него … Каталог отелей
pledge — (n.) mid 14c., surety, bail, from O.Fr. plege (Fr. pleige) hostage, security, bail, probably from Frankish *plegan to guarantee, from a West Germanic root meaning have responsibility for (Cf. O.Saxon plegan vouch for, O.H.G. pflegan to care for,… … Etymology dictionary
pledge — [n1] word of honor agreement, assurance, covenant, guarantee, health, oath, promise, toast, undertaking, vow, warrant, word; concepts 71,278 Ant. break pledge [n2] sign of good faith bail, bond, collateral, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee,… … New thesaurus
Pledge — [plɛdʒ] das; <aus gleichbed. engl. pledge> (veraltet) Handgeld, Unterpfand … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
pledge — ► NOUN 1) a solemn promise or undertaking. 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 forfeiture in the event of failure. 3) (the pledge) a solemn undertaking to abstain… … English terms dictionary
Pledge — (engl., spr. pledsch), Pfand; Gelübde bei Aufnahme in einen Mäßigkeits (Temperenz ) Verein … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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