Sold

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sold} (s[=o]ld); 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[aum]lja to sell, Dan. s[ae]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. It is the correlative of
        buy.
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              If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast,
              and give to the poor.                 --Matt. xix.
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              I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak.
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     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.
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     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.
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              You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak.
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     3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of;
        to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sold \Sold\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Sell}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sold \Sold\, n. [F. solde. See {Soldier}, and cf. {Sou}.]
     Solary; military pay. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sell
       n : the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard
           sell"
       v 1: 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" [ant: {buy}]
       2: be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books
          sell like hot cakes"
       3: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She
          deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: {deal}, {trade}]
       4: persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to
          sell us their image as great lovers"
       5: give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for
          a successful career"
       6: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The
          spy betrayed his country" [syn: {betray}]
       7: be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well
          in certain circles"
       8: be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the
          products"
       [also: {sold}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sold
       See {sell}