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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61. The United States pledge of $100 million to the rainforest fund is a drop in the ocean.
62. He said the pledge was meaningless unless a concerted effort was made to find legislative time for outstanding recommendations.
63. Pledge five: forests I pledge not to buy any products made from tropical hardwoods.
64. As a repentant sinner I pledge to swear off this hallucinogen.
65. Christie Todd Whitman had kept her campaign pledge to slash taxes.
66. Sometimes I make a point of not saying the pledge at all, just to make sure abstention remains permissible.
67. He signed the pledge, and he and Dorothy were married on August 10, 1937.
68. The Bishop says John Major should honour his pledge to raise the level of aid.
69. Leonard Piper, 57, made his pledge at Witham Magistrates' Court where he admitted to driving while over the limit.
70. His speech carried a surprising pledge to end by March a nationwide plague of salary arrears.
71. That was her claim, but what followed was a complete lie in terms of the manifesto pledge.
72. That promise is worthless and that pledge by the Opposition illustrates why the promise is worthless.
73. The group announced an advertising campaign to bring public pressure on lawmakers to sign the pledge.
74. But the volunteers could only pledge to try and improve life for them.
75. Taylor's made a high-minded pledge to clean up American politics.
76. President Clinton made an election pledge to send a peace envoy there.
77. Eisenhower finally fulfilled his campaign pledge to end the war in Korea.
78. Mr Brown might have been expected to roll each pledge around his mouth like a connoisseur sipping a fine wine.
79. Last month they promised to deal with Gordon Brown's November pledge to reduce road tax.
80. Lewis was perfectly correct, even politically correct,[www.Sentencedict.com] to insist that Bowe had reneged on a pledge to fight him first.
81. Furthermore, unless all students are required to recite the Pledge, there is no violation of the free exercise clause either.
82. However, many remained sceptical, remembering the Tsars pledge in 1895 in a speech to Zemstvo representative to maintain autocracy.
83. Insured bonds carry a pledge from a private backer to pay interest and principal on the bonds if the issuer defaults.
84. Instead he should press Kennedy to honour Eisenhower's unwritten pledge to provide Polaris as an alternative to Skybolt.
85. Those seeking state funding should have to pledge themselves not to teach intolerance or disrespect for secular law.
86. At present, the Spirit is the pledge of blessing to come.
87. He doubted whether the company would pledge sufficient commitment to fulfill the promise of HyperCard.
88. And 1,244 of the 926,939 people have waited more than two years - despite a Tory pledge this wouldn't happen.
89. Couples who register pledge to be jointly responsible for their basic living expenses.
90. The Government's pledge on price protection has also been honoured, so far as it goes.