Synonym: assurance, guarantee, oath, promise, vow, word. Antonym: redeem. Similar words: knowledge, acknowledge, acknowledgement, edge, ridge, budget, trudge, bridge. Meaning: [pledʒ] 
n. 1. a deposit of personal property as security for a debt 2. someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group 3. a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event 4. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something. v. 1. promise solemnly and formally 2. pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals 3. propose a toast to 4. give as a guarantee 5. bind or secure by a pledge.
n. 1. a deposit of personal property as security for a debt 2. someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group 3. a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event 4. a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something. v. 1. promise solemnly and formally 2. pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals 3. propose a toast to 4. give as a guarantee 5. bind or secure by a pledge. 
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31. If you join the armed forces, you have to pledge allegiance to your country.
32. Eisenhower fulfilled his election pledge to end the war in Korea.
33. The treaties renounce the use of force and pledge the two countries to co-operation.
34. What's this then, you're only drinking orange juice - have you signed the pledge or something?
35. In many American schools, the students pledge allegiance at the beginning of the school day.
36. The government had retreated from its pledge to reduce class sizes.
37. At sixteen Malins took the total abstinence pledge.
38. And spare me his pledge to eliminate graffiti.
39. Now farmers pledge their daughters instead-in exchange for houses or pick-up trucks.
40. In an effort to bolster support Lini demanded a pledge of loyalty from each of his ministers.
41. Today, at Shiv Shakti, a health post is being opened; a pledge that the people intend to stay here.
42. Be steadfast and make a pledge to yourself that you will no longer compromise in any way.
43. He wants a firm pledge from Labour that they will honour plans for a Cabinet Minster with a development brief.
44. It is about time chairmen and administrators started to listen to the managers and worked on fulfilling the pledge.
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45. He said he hopes Clinton will follow through on his pledge to restore aid to legal immigrants in later legislation.
46. Even the newly converted Battling Billy broke the pledge that day.
47. But not for long, for they make another pledge by tying themselves together in a cat's cradle.
48. When he is sworn into office he will have to pledge his allegiance to the republican constitution.
49. A pledge carries with it a power of sale, but there is nothing corresponding to foreclosure.
50. But even so, the original pledge was to get 24 countries into the programme, not 20.
51. Local boys Hong Kong made good their pledge to bring home the bacon for retiring coach Jim Rowark.
52. Our switchboard was flooded with calls and thousands bombarded our appeal hotline to pledge donations.
53. Reminiscing about events that are now more than 50 years old, Dole said he could still remember being a pledge trainer.
54. Unless we elected a flat-tax Congress as well, Forbes' pledge would have been hollow.
55. Dole refuses to take a pledge to keep the party pro-life.
56. They had carefully avoided any election pledge to dismantle the structure of New Deal and Fair Deal programmes.
57. Anne and Sarah were true to their pledge to enjoy every moment of their lives after their fright the previous September.
58. His pledge to halve the deficit over the next four years is largely based on eliminating 100,000 government jobs.
59. Perhaps the time is coming when they will have to honour that pledge.
60. It didn't improve the band's pledge to give value for money.