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(n)
The act of assuring; a declaration intended to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence to someone.
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A dire or unfortunate situation.
A beverage.
(chiefly uncountable) Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).
(uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
(adj)
Undertaken in accordance with a vow; solemnly promised.
(v)
(ambitransitive) To use offensive, profane, or obscene language.
Made certain; promised.
Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
Anything that assures a certain outcome.
(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).
An insured person.
(transitive) To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
A person or company that provides a guarantee.
(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
The feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled.
Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
The act of making a promise.
(slang) Someone holding a position on a probationary basis, subject to performance or examination.
The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
(uncountable) The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
(transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
A document issued by some authority, creating a public or private institution, and defining its purposes and privileges.
(transitive) To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
Under obligation to some future commitment, such as a marriage or vocation.
Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
(law, real estate) A legal agreement in which a borrower pledges real property as collateral for a loan used to purchase or refinance that property.
An act of announcing, or giving notice.
Something serving as an expression of something else.
(adv)
In a solemn manner.
A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
(uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.
(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
A wistful or melancholy longing.
(US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.
(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.
A mafia boss, primarily for Italian or Italian American bosses.
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
The act of engaging with something; engagement.
(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
(transitive) To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
Something that cannot be broken.
Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
(informal) A very popular song or track.
(linguistics) The act of swearing, or making an oath.
A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.
Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
(nautical) An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
A bet; a stake; a pledge.
Initialism of Virginia Commonwealth University.
The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
To start, begin.
An instance of pawning something.
A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
(law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
To give an assurance that something will be done right.
(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
Gravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
Certainty.
(countable, archaic) A pledge or promise to marry someone.
An assurance or guarantee.
(law, countable) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.
An agreement; a compact; a covenant.
(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.