SOLD

sold

(adjective) disposed of to a purchaser; “this merchandise is sold”

SELL

sell

(verb) persuade somebody to accept something; “The French try to sell us their image as great lovers”

sell

(verb) give up for a price or reward; “She sold her principles for a successful career”

sell

(verb) exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; “He sold his house in January”; “She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit”

deal, sell, trade

(verb) do business; offer for sale as for one’s livelihood; “She deals in gold”; “The brothers sell shoes”

betray, sell

(verb) deliver to an enemy by treachery; “Judas sold Jesus”; “The spy betrayed his country”

sell

(verb) be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; “These books sell like hot cakes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

sold

simple past tense and past participle of sell

Etymology 2

Noun

sold

(obsolete) salary; military pay

Anagrams

• DLOs, LODs, LoDs, OSDL, Olds, dols, lods, olds

Source: Wiktionary

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Sold,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Sell.

Sold, n. Etym: [F. solde. See Soldier, and cf. Sou.]

Definition: Solary; military pay. [Obs.] Spenser.

SELL

Sell, n.

Definition: Self. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.

Sell, n.

Definition: A sill. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Sell, n.

Definition: A cell; a house. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Sell, n. Etym: [F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit.]

1. A saddle for a horse. [Obs.] He left his lofty steed with golden self. Spenser.

2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Sell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold; p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] Etym: [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. sälja to sell, Dan. s, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. Sale.]

1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak.

Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes.

2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak.

3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] Dickens. To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants.

– To sell (anything) out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business.

Sell, v. i.

1. To practice selling commodities. I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. Shak.

2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. To sell out, to sell one's whole stockk in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business.

Sell, n.

Definition: An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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