PLEDGEE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pledgee" is a kind of...):

adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pledgee"):

pawnbroker (a person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security)