Giving and transferring

Synonyms for pledge

Synonyms for pledge: donation and assurance. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The 2 synonyms for pledge

Interchangeable with pledge in this sense

Audited under pledge's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one pledge carries in that sense.

donationnoun, in the sense "a promise to give a specific amount, especially to a cause"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name pledge as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

assuranceassurance is a noun in the sense "a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something"

Two directions, one standard: one audited under pledge and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineGiving and transferring

a promise to give a specific amount, especially to a cause

Her pledge covered half the cost of the new playground.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

donation

Same sentence, swapped: Her donation covered half the cost of the new playground.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot pledge is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

refund
warranty
receipt

Where pledge turns up in the game

pledge is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where pledge is the trap

subscribeverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is support, in the sense "adopt as a belief", with pledge sitting one tile away.
toastnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is goner, in the sense "a person in desperate straits", and pledge is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play pledge

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pledge reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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The ring widens as it goes, from giving and transferring at Treeline outward to the whole bank.

subsidynoungranta sum of money granted to help with a costTreelineHas a reason line substituteverbexchangeput in the place of anotherTreelineHas a reason line supplyverbfurnishto provide something needed, typically in quantity or on an ongoing basisTreelineHas a reason line tipverbfeegive a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed onTreelineHas a reason line bequeathverbleaveto leave property to someone through a willFoothillsHas a reason line bequestnouninheritancemoney or property left to someone in a willFoothillsHas a reason line bestowverbconferto formally give something as an honor or giftTreelineHas a reason line approveverbokaygive sanction toTreeline

The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pledge carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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