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<blockquote data-quote="johnoutdoors" data-source="post: 803093" data-attributes="member: 27521"><p>From Dictionary.com:</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px">pledge</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p> /<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><span style="font-size: 12px">plɛdʒ</span></span>/ [plej] <strong><em>noun, verb, </em></strong>pledged, pledg·ing.</p><p><strong><em>–noun </em></strong><span style="color: #333333">1. </span>a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: <em>a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war. </em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">2. </span>something delivered as security for <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/the" target="_blank">the</a> payment of a debt or fulfillment of a promise, and subject to forfeiture on failure to pay or fulfill the promise.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">3. </span>the state of being given or held as security: <em>to put a thing in pledge. </em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">4. </span><em>Law </em>. <span style="color: #333333">a. </span>the <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/act" target="_blank">act</a> of delivering goods, property, etc., to another for security.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">b. </span>the resulting legal relationship.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">5. </span>something given or regarded as a security.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">6. </span>a person accepted for membership in a club, fraternity, or sorority, but not yet formally approved.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">7. </span>an assurance of support or goodwill conveyed by drinking a person's <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/health" target="_blank">health</a>; a toast.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">8. </span><em>Obsolete </em>. <span style="color: #333333">a. </span>a hostage.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">b. </span>a person <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/who" target="_blank">who</a> becomes bail or surety for another.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><em>–verb (used with object) </em></strong><span style="color: #333333">9. </span>to bind by or as if by a pledge: <em>to pledge hearers to secrecy. </em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">10. </span>to promise solemnly: <em>to pledge one's support. </em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">11. </span>to give or deposit as a pledge; pawn.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">12. </span>to stake, as one's honor.</p><p></p><p>See definitions 4b, 9, and 12. A pledge is possibly construed as a legally binding contract. That is prohibitted by our CBA as extra-contractual agreement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnoutdoors, post: 803093, member: 27521"] From Dictionary.com: [B][FONT=Arial Unicode MS][SIZE=4]pledge[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] /[FONT=Arial Unicode MS][SIZE=3]plɛdʒ[/SIZE][/FONT]/ [plej] [B][I]noun, verb, [/I][/B]pledged, pledg·ing. [B][I]–noun [/I][/B][COLOR=#333333]1. [/COLOR]a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: [I]a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war. [/I] [COLOR=#333333]2. [/COLOR]something delivered as security for [URL='http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/the']the[/URL] payment of a debt or fulfillment of a promise, and subject to forfeiture on failure to pay or fulfill the promise. [COLOR=#333333]3. [/COLOR]the state of being given or held as security: [I]to put a thing in pledge. [/I] [COLOR=#333333]4. [/COLOR][I]Law [/I]. [COLOR=#333333]a. [/COLOR]the [URL='http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/act']act[/URL] of delivering goods, property, etc., to another for security. [COLOR=#333333]b. [/COLOR]the resulting legal relationship. [COLOR=#333333]5. [/COLOR]something given or regarded as a security. [COLOR=#333333]6. [/COLOR]a person accepted for membership in a club, fraternity, or sorority, but not yet formally approved. [COLOR=#333333]7. [/COLOR]an assurance of support or goodwill conveyed by drinking a person's [URL='http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/health']health[/URL]; a toast. [COLOR=#333333]8. [/COLOR][I]Obsolete [/I]. [COLOR=#333333]a. [/COLOR]a hostage. [COLOR=#333333]b. [/COLOR]a person [URL='http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/who']who[/URL] becomes bail or surety for another. [B][I]–verb (used with object) [/I][/B][COLOR=#333333]9. [/COLOR]to bind by or as if by a pledge: [I]to pledge hearers to secrecy. [/I] [COLOR=#333333]10. [/COLOR]to promise solemnly: [I]to pledge one's support. [/I] [COLOR=#333333]11. [/COLOR]to give or deposit as a pledge; pawn. [COLOR=#333333]12. [/COLOR]to stake, as one's honor. See definitions 4b, 9, and 12. A pledge is possibly construed as a legally binding contract. That is prohibitted by our CBA as extra-contractual agreement. [/QUOTE]
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