promise
noun
a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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The extra £2 or £4 or £6 will not enable the tenant to live the life of ease which he will have promised himself.
From The Landleaguers by Anthony Trollope