The word
"pledge" means promising or committing to do something, usually for a particular cause or honor.
Full definition
One of key
pledges of the Conservative manifesto includes letting people to set up their own schools.
You can participate in exchange for a donation or by collecting
pledges in advance.
There were also
pledges by 20 major economies to double investment in renewable energy research and development.
[119] The governor also
pledged $ 500 million in seed money to support the project.
Although many food and beverage companies have taken voluntary
pledges not to target children under 12 years old with certain marketing, teens are not included.
They see coal as their cheapest path to development, and are therefore resistant of
making pledges.
State and city lawmakers have
also pledged $ 60 million to help the district avoid widespread layoffs.
Keep the
signed pledges on file and refer to them when behavior doesn't reflect the pillars of character.
Third, I don't believe in
pledges as an instrument to guide people's behaviour.
The projects that were most likely to fail were ones on the smallest end of the spectrum
with pledges received at or below $ 1,000.
She collected $ 1,700 in
pledges from clients, family and friends and helped to spread the word about a simple new blood test to detect prostate cancer.
It will become available as premium DLC, but — as previously promised — will be available for free to backers
who pledged on a high enough tier.
Both vice presidential candidates
pledged allegiance to clean coal, as have their running mates.
She told the crowd of a few hundred people that she is following through on her
campaign pledges of nearly four years ago.
We never said there was a competition going on, but what we did say was that those who have the most
pledges at any given time would be on our website.
Thanks to every single one of the 325 backers who
pledged support, and to everyone who helped spread the word on social media, and to the partner organizations who supported the campaign!
This bill was a key Conservative
manifesto pledge in the run - up to the general election.
If you have
already pledged for the $ 35 / $ 40 - you just got two more copies!
When it comes to interpreting a
climate pledge by richer countries to help poorer ones tackle the problem of climate change, about $ 60 billion last year.
The deal
includes pledges to reduce emissions and funding for countries who need assistance to reach emission reduction goals.
Many of the existing trusts will also be occupied in opening new schools to meet that other core
government pledge of 500 extra free schools by 2020.
If pledges are honored, this could be a game changer, but if they are not it could easily be a deal breaker.
Loans with
pledged collateral are known as «secured loans,» and are often required for most consumer loans.
The developers have already raised $ 100,000 in
pledged funds and they're seeking a total of only $ 700,000.
Five people have already
pledged more than $ 1,100 to be interviewed and mentioned in the book.
He added that «everyone» knew that sharing the proceeds of growth would not work as an economic
pledge during a recession.
The ability for politicians to dramatically change public opinion just by making
election pledges has therefore reduced.
In exchange, the
state pledged to adopt the Common Core standards, to align its tests with those guidelines and also to strengthen teacher evaluations.
The bottom line is that while most of our political leaders pretend to support the goal of 2 °C maximum warming, their actual emission
reduction pledges don't come even close.
Despite a
new pledge by tech firms to do better on this front, there is lots of work to do.
These rules were established to make
country pledges comparable to some degree.
Join a movement of concerned citizens that are dedicated to finding practical and effective solutions to climate change — sign our climate
pledge today!
Most such
pledges don't go beyond 2030, and those from developing countries are mostly «conditional» — they'll proceed if wealthy countries pay the cost or otherwise help.
This is nice and fine in paper but if you look at the text, what has been
pledged last week will take us to a more than 3 degrees warmer world.
Therefore, secured lenders charge higher interest rates when they can not verify the value of the underlying
pledged asset.
They sent out
pledge cards stating what a good join they did by finishing the year with a surplus.
Mom and dad
pledge out loud that they will get along better and not place their sons in the middle again.
The game recently hit the $ 18 million mark, and continues to rack up an impressive
pledge amount from backers.
Previous governments have made similar
pledges before and failed to deliver.
A massive public - private partnership
pledges over $ 1 billion to cut deforestation and mitigate climate change.
And apparently content with the budget that's been agreed to, he's
now pledged to close it down.
Only education consultants and those have taken the corporate education
reform pledge need apply.
If you've been approached face - to - face, ask to see some identification and a copy of the charity's
pledge form.
More than $ 110 million of the total amount
pledged comes from developing countries, and several developed countries may contribute a portion of the funds in the form of loans instead of grants.
Good collateral to be
pledged against bank loans eventually gets exhausted.
I
just pledged $ 25 (+ $ 6 shipping) i couldn't select the early bird collectors edition, what can I do?