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单词 pledgery
释义

pledgeryn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pledge v., -ery suffix.
Etymology: < pledge v. + -ery suffix, probably after Anglo-Norman and Middle French plegerie, Middle French pleigerie guarantee, bail (12th cent. in Old French). Compare post-classical Latin plegeria (13th cent.), Italian pieggeria (14th cent. as pleiaria , piegeria ). Compare earlier pledging n.
Obsolete. rare.
The position, function, or responsibility of acting as a surety or pledge for another person; = suretyship n.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor > position of or state of being
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pledgery or Pleggery, Suretiship, an Undertaking, or Answering for.
1762 R. Kelham Britton 140 Let there be the same Punishment also where the Appellant has withdrawn himself from his Appeal before Judgement, and let his Pledges to prosecute be in our Mercy, because they have failed of their Pledgery.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Pledgery, a suretyship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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