Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pledging; pawning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Pledging, pawning.
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- adjective
pledging ;pawning
Etymologies
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Compare French pignoratif.
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Examples
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I found in a book was that this is called a pignorative contract based on a pledge.
4TH FELAP CONGRESS 1985
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Therefore, I had no other choice but to resort to a pignorative credit based on a pledge.
4TH FELAP CONGRESS 1985
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Therefore, the pignorative credit based on a pledge became honorable for me.
4TH FELAP CONGRESS 1985
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