Pledge

Pledge may refer to:

Promises

• another word for a promise
• The Pledge (New Hampshire), a promise about taxes by New Hampshire politicians
• A commitment to abstain from alcohol, popularized by Theobold Mathew and currently in use by Hope UK

Arts and entertainment

Music

• Pledge (album) (2011), by American hip hop artist Killer Mike
• Pledge: A Tribute to Kerbdog (2010), an album by Irish alternative rock band Kerbdog
• "The Pledge (Remix)", a song on the album The Last Temptation by Ja Rule
• "Pledge" (The Gazette song), by Japanese rock band The Gazette
• "Pledge", a track on Janet Jackson's album Rhythm Nation

Other

• The Pledge (film), a 2001 mystery directed by Sean Penn
• The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel, a novella by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
• The Pledge, the working title of A Gunfighter's Pledge, a 2008 TV Western film starring Luke Perry

Ships

• USS Pledge (AM-277), a minesweeper commissioned in 1944
• USS Pledge (MSO-492), a minesweeper commissioned in 1956

Other uses

• Pledge (law), also called a pawn, a deposit of personal property to a creditor
• Toast (honor), a ritual in which a drink is taken
• Pledge (brand), a cleaning product made by S. C. Johnson & Son
• A prospective member of a fraternity or sorority
• H.S. Pledge & Sons Ltd, a milling business
• Thomas Frederick de Pledge (1867–1954), Australian pioneer and pastoralist
• Pledge Algorithm, a maze solving algorithm

See also

• Die Bürgschaft (The Pledge), a 1930 opera by Kurt Weill
• Pledge of Allegiance (disambiguation)