Under this system, the collar of consideration is the first and roughly analogous to a pre-engagement ring.

Before agreeing to marry, a couple may choose to buy and wear pre-engagement rings, also called promise rings.

Pre-engagement ring, a ring worn to signify a commitment to a monogamous relationship (a promise to commit to the relationship)

A pre-engagement ring is a ring given to a romantic partner to signify a commitment to a monogamous relationship, often as a precursor to an engagement ring.

Singer and actress Selena Gomez recently sported what looked like an engagement ring, but reports say her boyfriend, pop star Justin Bieber, had given her a pre-engagement ring.

So far, the only ones who have tried to provide sorely needed match-making services are those looking to make a buck - tech entrepreneurs who have created Internet dating services or the jewelry industry, which invented "pre-engagement rings" to help ease men slowly toward the real thing.

"Somebody at a party last week had a pre-engagement ring from her boyfriend before her husband, and her 14-year-old daughter wanted the ring, and she said, `If your father ever saw you with that ring on you, he'd kill me,' so she sold it," Percival said.

They exchanged promise rings, but their relationship has since ended.

The word still has a promising ring to Russian ears, despite the difficulties of the industry here.

She later explained that it was a promise ring from Wentz.

At the end of their date, Vienna gave Jake her promise ring.

Quinn is impressed by Sam's actions, and decides to accept his promise ring.

He has since given her a "promise ring."

My husband commented to Paul along the lines of, 'If that's just the promise ring, you're in trouble'.

He got it after losing his promise ring from Bristol on a caribou hunt.

Zak also presented Des with a promise ring that he had been holding on to for weeks.

He had also recently given his girlfriend, Tiffany Merritt, a promise ring.

The exchange of Alice stones between two people symbolizes that they are promised to each other, like promise rings.

He even lost a promise ring Palin gave him on a caribou hunt last July.

"I've gotta say 'Sorry' because I said those things about promise rings; that was bad of me.

Fans received promise rings and watched a character called "T.T." try to walk on water.

She'd given him a promise ring, too.

The list is as worthless as a Ryan Braun promise ring.

The band's sound on this album has been likened to The Promise Ring.

The Promise Ring were one of the premier bands of the new emo style.

Later, impressed by the way Sam stood up for Kurt, Quinn begins wearing his promise ring.

Before agreeing to marry, a couple may choose to buy and wear pre-engagement rings, also called promise rings.

Roxanne exchanges promise rings with boyfriend Lenny, and goes on tour with him before returning home.

In 1996, sales started to increase after the label released The Promise Ring's 30 Everywhere.

Jake makes a heartfelt move to solidify his relationship with Sydney by surprising her with a promise ring.

"It wasn't appropriate that he would ask me to marry him while he was still married so he gave me a promise ring."

The Promise Ring opens this show.