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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOLD, pret. and pp. of sell.
SOLD, n. [from the foot of soldier.] Salary; military pay. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: disposed of to a purchaser; "this merchandise is sold" [ant: unsold]

Merriam Webster's

past and past participle of sell

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past and past part. of SELL.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sell Sell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold; p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] [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. s["a]lja to sell, Dan. s?lge, 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sold Sold, imp. & p. p. of Sell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sold Sold, n. [F. solde. See Soldier, and cf. Sou.] Solary; military pay. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Sold is the past tense and past participle of sell.