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Pledges

A pledge is an oath. It may also refer to:

a toast during the act of drinking in honor of someone
a warrant or assurance, now used especially in fundraising for charitable purposes
Pledge of Allegiance, used in the United States
The "Teetotal Pledge" or "The Pledge", of abstinence from alcohol, taken by many Catholics in the 19th and 20th centuries, in a movement started by Theobald Mathew (temperance reformer) in Ireland in 1838.
Singapore National Pledge
Pledge or New Member, sometimes used to describe a new member of a fraternity or sorority
Pledge (law), a bailment of personal property as a security for a debt
An item to be sold to a pawnbroker
The Pledge, a thriller by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Pledge (film), based on the above book
A brand of household cleaning products, made by S. C. Johnson & Son
The Pledge Algorithm, for computerised Maze solving

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