put in pledge

verb

To pawn; to give as a guarantee.

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Meanings

verbput in pledge (third-person singular simple present puts in pledge, present participle putting in pledge, simple past and past participle put in pledge)

present singular third person puts in pledge · participle present putting in pledge

  1. datedidiomatictransitiveTo pawn; to give as a guarantee.

    the land, which is so put in pledge, is by law, in case of non-payment at the time limited, forever dead and gone from the mortgagor;

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
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