单词 | pledged |
释义 | pledgedadj. Given or put in pledge, pawned; bound by a pledge, promised. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promised or vowed behotenc1200 hotena1325 plightedc1325 fasted1440 promised1449 pledged1552 faithed1556 behighted1571 voted1586 vowed1590 sacramental1665 avowed1720 sworn1819 arrhal1873 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [adjective] > relating to pawnbroking > pawned pledged1552 pawned1567 pawn-laid1598 pignorate1674 up the spout1819 pignorated1842 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Pledged, pigneratus. 1595 R. Southwell St. Peters Complaint 7 Where did the truth of pledged promise sleepe? 1710 J. Hodges Ess. Several Subj. 11 This Hardship upon the poor Trader is often aggravated by a great Under Value of the pledged Goods put upon them by the Pawn-Broker. 1791 E. Burke in T. Paine Rights of Man i. 38 The King and Queen of France, after a day of confusion, alarm, dismay, and slaughter, lay down under the pledged security of public faith. 1860 J. S. Mill Consider. Represent. Govt. (1865) 64/1 A strong inducement..not to confine themselves to pledged party men. 1887 Daily News 21 July 6/1 The calling-in of loans on pledged property. 1935 Amer. Mercury Feb. 166/1 They covenanted with the bondholders that at all times the aggregate value of the pledged securities would be at least 150% of the amount of the bonds outstanding. 1978 Economist (Nexis) 20 May 18 How much is President Brezhnev's pledged word worth now? 2003 Florida Today (Nexis) 3 July 1 None of the signers ever betrayed his pledged word. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552 |
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