A solemn promise to do something.
The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is paid.
A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.
A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
A drinking toast.
An asset or person temporarily handed over to guarantee the fulfilment of something promised, under threat of permanent loss of the thing handed over; surety, security, hostage.
A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
To make a solemn promise (to do something).
To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
An act of withdrawing or a state of being withdrawn.
The sum of money taken from a bank account.
Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which a patient is dependent is withheld. Sometimes used with the substance as modifier.