| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | word of honor |
Synonyms: |
agreement, assurance, covenant, guarantee, health, oath, promise, toast, undertaking, vow, warrant, word |
Antonyms: |
break |
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sign of good faith |
Synonyms: |
bail, bond, collateral, deposit, earnest, gage, guarantee, guaranty, pawn, security, surety, token, warrant, warranty |
Antonyms: |
break |
| Main Entry: | pledge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; give word of honor |
Synonyms: |
contract, covenant, engage, give word, hock, hook*, mortgage, pawn, plight, promise, sign for, soak*, swear, undertake, vouch, vow |
Antonyms: |
break, disobey, falsify |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement to relieve doubt |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, assertion, declaration, guarantee, insurance, lock on, lock*, oath, pledge, profession, promise, rain or shine, security, shoo-in, support, sure thing, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor |
Antonyms: |
distrust, doubt |
| Main Entry: | assure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promise |
Synonyms: |
affirm, attest, aver, brace up, buck up, certify, confirm, give one's word, guarantee, pledge, swear, vouch for, vow |
| Main Entry: | bail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for assurance |
Synonyms: |
bond, collateral, guarantee, pawn, pledge, recognizance, security, surety, warrant, warranty |
| Notes: | to bail is to remove water from a boat by filling a container and emptying it over the side; to bale is wrap or make into bundles |
| Main Entry: | bargain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, bond, business, compact, contract, convention, covenant, deal, engagement, negotiation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, transaction, treaty, understanding |
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game of chance; money gambled |
Synonyms: |
action, ante, betting, chance, down on, hazard, long shot, lot, lottery, odds, odds on, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot, raffle, random shot, risk, shot, shot in the dark, speculation, stake, sweepstakes, uncertainty, venture, wager |
| Main Entry: | bet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gamble |
Synonyms: |
ante, buy in on, chance, dice, game, hazard, lay down, lay odds, play against, play for, play the ponies, pledge, pony up, put, put money on, risk, set, speculate, tempt fortune, toss up, trust, venture, wager |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guarantee; contract |
Synonyms: |
agreement, bargain, certificate, collateral, compact, convention, covenant, debenture, guaranty, obligation, pact, pledge, promise, security, transaction, warrant, warranty, word |