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• Pledge of Allegiance
  Pledge of Allegiance
  
  The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag is an oath of loyalty to the country. It is recited at many public events. US Congressional sessions open with the recitation of the Pledge....
  , 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)
  Theobald Mathew (temperance reformer)
  
  Theobald Mathew , an Ireland Temperance movement reformer, popularly known as Father Mathew was born at Thomastown, near Golden, County Tipperary, on October 10 1790....
   in Ireland in 1838.
• "The Pledge" of abstinence from alcohol, signed by members of the UK Band of Hope (1847-), now Hope UK
  Hope UK
  
  Hope UK is a national Christianity charitable organization located at 25 Copperfield Street, London, England which is dedicated to educating children and young people about the perils of Psychoactive drug and alcoholic beverage abuse....
  
• Singapore National Pledge
  Singapore National Pledge
  
  The Singapore National Pledge is an oath of allegiance to Singapore. It is commonly recited by Singaporeans in unison at public events, especially in schools, in the Singapore Armed Forces and during the National Day Parade....
  
• Pledge (law)
  Pledge (law)
  
  A pledge is a bailment or deposit of personal property to a creditor to secure repayment for some debt or engagement., The term is also used to denote the property which constitutes the security....
  , a bailment of personal property as a security for a debt
• The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel, a detective novella by Friedrich Dürrenmatt.
• The Pledge (film)
  The Pledge (film)
  
  The Pledge is a 2001 mystery film directed by Sean Penn. It is based on the 1958 novella Das Versprechen: Requiem auf den Kriminalroman , by Switzerland author Friedrich D?rrenmatt....
  , a film, directed by Sean Penn, based on the Dürrenmatt book
• Pledge (brand), household cleaning products made by S. C. Johnson & Son
  S. C. Johnson & Son
  
  S. C. Johnson , previously known as SC Johnson Wax , is a global manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and other consumer chemicals based in Racine, Wisconsin, Wisconsin....
  
• Pledge Algorithm
  Maze
  
  A maze is a complex tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways, but technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth....
  , for computerised maze solving
• The Pledge (New Hampshire)
  The Pledge (New Hampshire)
  
  The Pledge is a term used in the U.S. state of New Hampshire for a promise by politicians not to support income taxes or sales taxes or other forms of what are known as "broad-based taxes."...
   - a statement by politicians in the U.S. state of New Hampshire not to support broad-based taxes
• a prospective member of college Fraternities and sororities
• a Toast (honor)
  Toast (honor)
  
  A toast is someone or something in honor of which people usually have a drink, the drink or honor itself, or the act of indicating that honor....
   during the act of drinking in honor of someone
• a warrant or assurance, now used especially in fundraising
  Fundraising
  
  Fundraising or fund raising is the process of soliciting and gathering money or other gifts in kind, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies....
   for charitable purposes
• An item to be sold to a pawnbroker
  Pawnbroker
  
  A pawnbroker is an individual or business that offers monetary loans in exchange for an item of value that is given to the pawn broker. The word pawn is derived from the Latin pignus, for Pledge , and the items having been pawned to the broker are themselves called pledges or pawns, or simply the collateral ....
  
• The Pledge [Remix], a song on the album Last Temptation
  Last Temptation
  
  The Last Temptation is the fourth studio album by Ja Rule.This album contained singles such as "Thug Lovin'" , "Mesmerize" and The Pledge [Remix] ....
   by American rapper Ja Rule
• A Gunfighter's Pledge a 2008 TV movie, the working title was "The Pledge"

See also

• Pledge drive
  Pledge drive
  
  A pledge drive is an extended period of fundraising activities, generally used by public broadcasting stations to increase contributions. The term "pledge" originates from the promise a contributor makes to send in funding at regular intervals for a certain amount of time....
  
• Threshold pledge
  Threshold pledge
  
  Fund and Release is a system developed to address one of the problems of distributed funding: that before putting up their own money, contributors need to be assured that others are also contributing....
  
• Virginity pledge
  Virginity pledge
  
  Virginity pledges are commitments made by teenagers and young adult to virginity from sexual intercourse until marriage.They are most common in the United States, especially among Evangelical Christian denominations....
  
• Security interests - pledge
  Security interest
  
  A security interest is a property interest created by agreement or by operation of law over assets to secure the performance of an obligation, usually the payment of a debt....