( 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. )
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012