Meaning & use
Pledging
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Solemnly promising to do or give something, or formally committing to join an organization such as a fraternity or sorority.
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Donors kept pledging money throughout the telethon.
He spent his first semester pledging a campus fraternity.
A note on using this word
Present participle of 'pledge'; in US college culture, 'pledging' specifically refers to the process of joining a Greek organization.
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