sold

English Online Dictionary. What means sold‎? What does sold mean?

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səʊld/
• (Estuary English) IPA^(key): [sɒʊ(ɫ)d]
• (US) IPA^(key): /soʊld/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /sold/, /soʊld/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /səʉld/, /sɐʉld/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /sɐʉld/
• Rhymes: -əʊld

Verb

sold

1. simple past and past participle of sell

Derived terms

• oversold
• undersold

Etymology 2

From Middle English solde, sould, soud, from Middle French solde, Italian soldo. Compare soldier and Danish sold (via Low German). Doublet of sol, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.

Noun

sold

1. (obsolete) salary; military pay

References

Anagrams

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

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sáld, from Proto-Germanic *sēdlą (“sieve”).

Noun

sold n (singular definite soldet, plural indefinite sold)

1. sieve

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German solt.

Noun

sold

1. a wage, especially one paid to mercenaries

References

• “sold” in Den Danske Ordbog

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French solde.

Noun

sold n (plural solduri)

1. (finance) balance

Declension