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

  • I found in a book was that this is called a pignorative contract based on a pledge.

    4TH FELAP CONGRESS 1985

  • Therefore, I had no other choice but to resort to a pignorative credit based on a pledge.

    4TH FELAP CONGRESS 1985

  • Therefore, the pignorative credit based on a pledge became honorable for me.

    4TH FELAP CONGRESS 1985

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