Commit and Pledge

• (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
• (v.t.) To confound.
• (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
• (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
• (v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
• (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

verb

• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, pull
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
  • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
• Make an investment.
  • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • synonyms: invest, put, place
• Engage in or perform.
  • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

noun

• A deposit of personal property as security for a debt.
  • usage: "his saxophone was in pledge"
• Someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group.
• A drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event.
  • synonyms: toast
• A binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something.
  • usage: "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"
  • synonyms: assurance

verb

• Promise solemnly and formally.
  • usage: "I pledge that I will honor my wife"
  • synonyms: plight
• Pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals.
  • usage: "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station"
  • synonyms: subscribe
• Propose a toast to.
  • usage: "Let us toast the birthday girl"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
  • synonyms: toast, drink, salute, wassail
• Give as a guarantee.
  • usage: "I pledge my honor"
• Bind or secure by a pledge.
  • usage: "I was pledged to silence"

• (n.) A hypothecation without transfer of possession.
• (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor.
• (n.) To invite another to drink, by drinking of the cup first, and then handing it to him, as a pledge of good will; hence, to drink the health of; to toast.
• (n.) A sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's health; a toast; a health.
• (n.) To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self.
• (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch.
• (n.) Anything given or considered as a security for the performance of an act; a guarantee; as, mutual interest is the best pledge for the performance of treaties.
• (n.) To secure performance of, as by a pledge.
• (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn.
• (n.) A person who undertook or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage.
• (n.) A promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do or to refrain from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in writing to refrain from using intoxicating liquors or the like; as, to sign the pledge; the mayor had made no pledges.

A. The transfer or assignment of assets as collateral to secure payment of a debt obligation as when securities are' PLEDGE'd to a lender for a loan secured by the owner of the securities. When securities a pledged, the lender frequently requires the physical transfer of the collateral to preclude possibility of using the same asset for additional pledging; b. The deposit or placing of personal property as security for a debt or other obligation with a person called a pledgee. The pledgee has the implied power to sell the property if the debt is not paid. If the debt is paid, the right to possession returns to the pledgor; or, c. A written or oral agreement to contribute cash or other assets.