sold

SaySOHLD/soʊld/UK/səʊld/AUS/səʉld/

2 meanings of sold

1
verb
Past tense and past participle of sell. Use it for selling that already happened.
He sold his comic books at the yard sale.
They sold lemonade on the corner all summer.
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2
nounobsolete
Money paid to a soldier for serving in an army.
Like a paycheck for a soldier long ago.
The soldiers waited months for their sold to be paid.
But were your will her sold to entertaine
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie QueeneHere, sold means pay, especially a soldier's pay.
Note

sold is a form of sell

sell, verb: To give someone goods or services in return for money. Full entry

Forms: sellsells he/she/itselling -ing formsold past tense, past participle
Spelling: sell → sold: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

This word came through Middle English from Middle French 'solde' and Italian 'soldo'.