Pledge may refer to:

Promises

* a solemn

promise A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something. As a noun ''promise'' means a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something. As a verb it means to commit oneself by a promise to do or give. It can also mean a capacity ...

* Abstinence pledge, a commitment to practice abstinence, usually teetotalism or chastity *

The Pledge (New Hampshire) The Pledge is a term used in the U.S. state of New Hampshire for a promise by politicians not to support income taxes or sales taxes A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services. Usually laws allow t ...

, a promise about taxes by New Hampshire politicians *

Pledge of Allegiance (disambiguation) The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an expression of allegiance to the flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America. The Pledge of Allegiance Building, or Youth's Companion Building, in Boston, Massachuset ...

, several uses

Arts and entertainment

Music

* ''Pledge'' (album), by Killer Mike, 2011 * '' Pledge: A Tribute to Kerbdog'', a 2010 album by Kerbdog * "Pledge" (song), by The Gazette, 2010 * "Pledge", a prelude to Janet Jackson's 1989 song " Rhythm Nation" * "The Pledge (Remix)", a song on the 2002 album '' The Last Temptation'' by Ja Rule * ''

Die Bürgschaft "The Pledge" (German: "Die Bürgschaft", ) is a ballad published by the German poet Friedrich Schiller in his 1799 ''Musen-Almanach''. He took the idea out of the ancient legend of Damon and Pythias issuing from the Latin ''Fabulae'' by Gaius J ...

'' ('The Pledge'), a 1799 ballad by Friedrich Schiller * ''Die Bürgschaft'' (opera), by Kurt Weill, 1932

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Pledge'' (film), a 2018 American horror film * ''The Pledge'' (film), a 2001 American mystery directed by Sean Penn * '' The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel'', a 1958 novella by Friedrich Dürrenmatt * ''The Pledge'', the working title of ''

A Gunfighter's Pledge ''A Gunfighter's Pledge'' (the working title was ''The Pledge'') is a 2008 American Western television film starring Luke Perry. The film premiered on Hallmark Channel in July 2008. It was filmed at Big Sky Ranch in Simi Valley, California. Pl ...

'', a 2008 TV Western * ''The Pledge'' (British TV programme), 2016-2020

Ships

* , a minesweeper commissioned in 1944 * , a minesweeper commissioned in 1956

Other uses

Pledge (brand) Pledge is a cleaning product made by S. C. Johnson & Son. First sold in 1958, it is used to help dust and clean. Pledge is known as Pliz in France, and Blem in Argentina. In several countries, it is sold as Pronto. Products * Lemon (odor only) C ...

, a cleaning product by S. C. Johnson & Son * Pledge (law), a type of legal relationship * a prospective member of a fraternity or sorority * H.S. Pledge & Sons Ltd, a milling business *

Thomas Frederick de Pledge Thomas Frederick de Pledge (1867–1954) was an Australian pioneer and pastoralist. The son of Reverend Joseph De Pledge, he was born in Durham in 1867. Educated at Aldenham in Hertfordshire, he left for Australia at age 18 aboard the ''Austra ...

(1867–1954), Australian pioneer and pastoralist * Pledge, a