a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to do something or to behave in a certain manner

A regular payment, usually on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee, especially for manual or unskilled work, That which is paid for a service rendered; what is paid for labor; hire_ now usually in the plural, An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually expressed on an hourly basis, verb_ carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns), transitive verb_ To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager, To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard, To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war, intransitive verb_ obsolete To bind one's self; to engage

Something serving as an indication, proof, or expression of something else; a sign, A specific instance of a phenomenon or a class of things, as of a linguistic feature in a sample of a person's speech, that can be isolated for study or analysis, A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for currency, adjective_ Being a product of tokenism; merely symbolic, Perfunctory; minimal, Done as an indication or pledge, transitive verb_ To betoken or symbolize; portend, obsolete To betoken

A statement or indication that inspires confidence; a guarantee or pledge, Freedom from doubt; certainty about something, Pledge; guaranty; surety

The organized activity or an instance of soliciting money or pledges, as for charitable organizations or political campaigns, The legitimate process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses

To obtain or contract for the services of; employ, To assume an obligation; agree, To enter into conflict; to join battle, transitive verb_ To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise, To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw, To draw into conversation, verb_ keep engaged

To afford a basis for expecting, To make a declaration assuring that something will or will not be done, To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil, transitive verb_ To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage, To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow, To be assured; to have strong confidence, verb_ make a promise or commitment, promise to undertake or give, give grounds for expectations, noun_ a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future, An oath or affirmation; a vow, That which is promised; fulfilment or grant of what is promised, adjective_ In general, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it to do, or to forbear to do, a specified act; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of a specified act, That which causes hope, expectation, or assurance; especially, that which affords expectation of future distinction, Bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised

A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something, A token or sign, Anything given or considered as a security for the performance of an act; a guarantee, intransitive verb_ To deposit as security; pawn, To promise to join (a fraternity or similar organization), To drink a toas, transitive verb_ To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight, To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly

A loan for the purchase of real property, secured by a lien on the property, The lien on the property associated with such a loan, A state or condition resembling that of mortgaged property, verb_ As in "to mortgage a property", to borrow against a property, to obtain a loan for another purpose by giving away the right of seizure to the lender over a fixed property such as a house or piece of land, transitive verb_ To pledge (real property) as the security for a loan, To make subject to a claim or risk; pledge against a doubtful outcome, Hence_ To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation

a craftsman who works with stone or brick, a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to mutual assistance and brotherly love, One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes, transitive verb_ To build of or strengthen with masonry, To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix