Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put in pledge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: put in -pledge
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pawn; to give as a guarantee.

Dated; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"the land, which is so put in pledge, is by law, in case of non-payment at the time limited, forever dead and gone from the mortgagor;"

Usage

Inflected Forms

puts in pledge (present, singular) putting in pledge (participle, present)

Questions

What does put in pledge mean?: To pawn; to give as a guarantee.

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