Pledge vs. Undertaking — What's the Difference?

A solemn promise or undertaking

A formal pledge or promise to do something

A thing that is given as security for the fulfilment of a contract or the payment of a debt and is liable to forfeiture in the event of failure

A task that is taken on; an enterprise

The drinking of a person's health; a toast.

The business of managing funerals.

Commit (a person or organization) by a solemn promise

The action of catching up with and passing another vehicle while travelling on the inside

Give as security on a loan

A task or venture undertaken

Drink to the health of

The action of beginning a task or venture

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

A guaranty, pledge, or promise

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

The profession or duties of a funeral director.

The condition of something thus given or held

The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

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

A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

The contract or transaction stipulating or involving such delivery.

That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

A token or sign

The act of one who undertakes (in either sense).

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.

Present participle of undertake

A vow to abstain from alcoholic liquor

The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.

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

That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

To offer or guarantee by a solemn binding promise

Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

To bind or secure by a pledge or promise

A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

To deposit as security; pawn.

Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted;

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

The trade of a funeral director

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;