To put down, deposit (a pledge, security).

transitive. To put (something) under risk of forfeiture; to give in pledge; to pledge or engage (one's troth, faith, oath, promise, etc.). Now rare.

With adverbial phrase as complement, e.g. to wed, to pledge, in pawn: To deposit as a pledge or in pawn; hence, to mortgage (lands). Also, to lay…

transitive. To deposit or give as a pledge or security. Also with down. Obsolete.

A thing deposited as security, a pledge; a guarantee, bail; suretyship; ransom, deliverance. to borrow: as a pledge. to lay to borrow: to put in…

transitive. To deposit or assign as security for the repayment of a loan or the performance of an action; to pawn.

transitive. To put in pledge; to pledge, pawn; to give as security; to engage. Also reflexive.

literal. transitive. To give or deposit (a thing) as security for the payment of a debt or for the performance of some action; spec. to deposit…

transitive. To put in pawn; to pledge as security; to pawn.

To place in the hands of another as a pledge for the performance of some contract, in part payment of a purchase, etc.