#pledged
- Pawned (archaic) — Having been left as a pledge or pawn under an old-style credit transaction; pawned, mortgaged according to commercial practices of past centuries. In a historical legal sense, the term describes the special status of a movable or immovable asset in the temporary possession of a creditor.
- Pawned — Having been delivered or left as collateral in a pawnshop or with a creditor to secure the repayment of a monetary loan; pledged. In an extended and figurative sense, it describes something of material or spiritual value (such as freedom, the future, or honor) that has been sacrificed or endangered for immediate gain.
- Deposit-bound — Regarding goods, commodities, or services: that has been reserved, booked, or secured through the payment of an advance or a pledge; deposit-bound. Regarding people: that has been officially betrothed or promised in marriage through a traditional ritual or an ancient legal deed.
- Pledged — Having been retained, reserved, or hired by paying a sum of money in advance (earnest money); an adjective describing goods, merchandise, an animal, or a person (farmhand, craftsman) under a preliminary contractual commitment, which cannot be alienated or hired by anyone else until the agreement is completed or dissolved.