Definition of Pledging

1. Verb. (present participle of pledge) ¹

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Definition of Pledging

1. pledge [v] - See also: pledge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pledging

pledge taker
pledged
pledgee
pledgees
pledgeless
pledgeor
pledgeors
pledger
pledgeries
pledgers
pledgery
pledges
pledget
pledgets
pledgetted suture
pledging (current term)
pledgor
pledgors
plegepoda
pleiad
pleiades
pleiads
pleinairism
pleinairisms
pleinairist
pleinairists
pleio-
pleiocene
pleiophyllous
pleiopod

Literary usage of Pledging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"Ancient laws relating to the pledging of ornaments, etc. ; law relating to the pledging of a needle ; the pledging of a queen's work bag ; the work bag of ..."

2. Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1841)
"Mr. Strutt confirms the former of these opinions in the following words : '' The old manner of pledging each other, when they drank, was thus : the person ..."

3. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"... and the mortgaging or pledging of the existing property of the city necessarily implies an indebtedness for which the property of the city pledged or ..."

4. A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law: Whether of a by William Wait (1877)
"pledging. The mere pledging of a bill of lading by the vendee as a security for a debt does not operate absolutely to defeat the vendor's right of stoppage ..."

5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William M. Lacy (1889)
"Of pledging This is a bailment or delivery of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to bo kept till the debt be discharged; or, to use the more comprehensive ..."

6. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"PRESIDENT GUFFEY : Gentlemen, unless there is some objection I will appoint the following: COMMITTEE pledging SUPPORT TO THE PRESIDENT: LB Denning, ..."

7. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"Ancient laws relating to the pledging of ornaments, etc. ; law relating to the pledging of a needle ; the pledging of a queen's work bag ; the work bag of ..."

8. Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1841)
"Mr. Strutt confirms the former of these opinions in the following words : '' The old manner of pledging each other, when they drank, was thus : the person ..."

9. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"... and the mortgaging or pledging of the existing property of the city necessarily implies an indebtedness for which the property of the city pledged or ..."

10. A Treatise Upon Some of the General Principles of the Law: Whether of a by William Wait (1877)
"pledging. The mere pledging of a bill of lading by the vendee as a security for a debt does not operate absolutely to defeat the vendor's right of stoppage ..."

11. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William M. Lacy (1889)
"Of pledging This is a bailment or delivery of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to bo kept till the debt be discharged; or, to use the more comprehensive ..."

12. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"PRESIDENT GUFFEY : Gentlemen, unless there is some objection I will appoint the following: COMMITTEE pledging SUPPORT TO THE PRESIDENT: LB Denning, ..."

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