sold
Americanverb
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Explanation
Something that's sold has been exchanged for money. When new neighbors buy the house across the street, you'll see a sign appear in its front yard that says "Sold." Once you sell something, you can describe it as sold, whether it's a sold item at your yard sale, waiting beside the driveway for its buyer to pick it up, or the sold trees at the Christmas tree farm, marked with colored tape. The word sold comes from sell and its root meaning of "offer up or deliver." Offer up the highest bid on a painting at an auction and you'll hear the auctioneer call out, "Sold!"
Example Sentences
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The notes sold at a yield of 4.787%, the highest since the May 2024 auction, when it was 4.917%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
A 2018 article in the MIT Press journal African Arts cited researchers who said that vigango he sold were “probably stolen or acquired through ethically controversial means.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
He sold that residence for $9 million, the same amount he paid for it in 2017.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Tickets to events featuring him are often sold out, applications to darting academies are reported to be at an all-time high and the Briton has transcended the sport.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Whoever sold him a credit default swap on a subprime mortgage bond would one day owe him a great deal of money.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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