PLEDGE


Meaning of PLEDGE in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ campaign ( esp. AmE ), election ( esp. BrE ), manifesto ( BrE )

The party's election ~ was to cut income taxes by a third over the next five years.

▪ spending ( BrE )

spending ~s given by the government

▪ abstinence , virginity (both esp. AmE )

He took a virginity ~ as a teenager.

VERB + PLEDGE

▪ give (sb) , make , sign , take

▪ fulfil/fulfill , honour/honor

▪ break , go back on , renege on

▪ recite , say

They recited the Pledge of Allegiance. ( in the US )

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ on

manifesto ~s on greater public spending

PHRASES

▪ a ~ of support

II.

verb

Pledge is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ donor , ↑ manifesto

Pledge is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ allegiance , ↑ assistance , ↑ love , ↑ loyalty , ↑ obedience , ↑ support

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .