Donate vs. Pledge

To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute.

A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something

(Medicine) To provide (blood, tissue, or an organ) for transfusion, implantation, or transplant.

Something given or held as security to guarantee payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation.

(Chemistry) To provide (an electron or atom, for example) for combination with an acceptor.

The condition of something thus given or held

To make a contribution to a fund or cause.

Delivery of goods or personal property as security for a debt or obligation

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

The contract or transaction stipulating or involving such delivery.

To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

A token or sign

Give to a charity or good cause;

A person who has been accepted for membership in a fraternity or similar organization and has promised to join but has not yet been initiated.

A vow to abstain from alcoholic liquor

(Archaic) The act of drinking in honor of someone; a toast.

To offer or guarantee by a solemn binding promise

To bind or secure by a pledge or promise

To deposit as security; pawn.

To promise to join (a fraternity or similar organization).

To accept as a prospective member of such an organization.

(Archaic) To drink a toast to.

To make a solemn binding promise; swear.

(Archaic) To drink a toast.

To make a solemn promise (to do something).

To deposit something as a security; to pawn.

(transitive) To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.

A solemn promise to do something.

A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.

An asset or person temporarily handed over to guarantee the fulfilment of something promised, under threat of permanent loss of the thing handed over; surety, security, hostage.

(law) A bailment of personal property to secure payment of a debt without transfer of title.

The personal property so pledged, to be kept until the debt is paid.

(college slang) A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.

A drinking toast.

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.

A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage.

A hypothecation without transfer of possession.

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.

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 sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's health; a toast; a health.

To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch.

To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor.

To secure performance of, as by a pledge.

To bind or engage by promise or declaration; to engage solemnly; as, to pledge one's self.

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.

A deposit of personal property as security for a debt;

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

A binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something;

Promise solemnly and formally;

Pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals;

Propose a toast to;

Give as a guarantee;

Bind or secure by a pledge;