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• past tense form of sell.
• past participle of sell.

sold

American  

[sohld] / soʊld /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of sell.

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sold British  

/ səʊld /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of sell

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adjective

1. slang uncritically attached to or enthusiastic about

Other Word Forms

• self-sold
  adjective
• unsold
  adjective
• well-sold
  adjective

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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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Vincent van Gogh, who only sold a handful of paintings during his lifetime, is the classic example.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Mark Walter and his representatives have said multiple times the Dodgers won’t be sold, but he also said that about his stake in the Cadillac Formula One team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Its fortunes have waned over the years, and in 2023 it was sold to a performance-marketing company, an all-too-common fate for many of the publications that once flourished online.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

Tesla sold about 59,000 electric pickup trucks in the U.S. between 2024 and 2025, according to the research firm Cox Automotive.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

At 9:41, or roughly the time Eisman made his bid for the podium, Danny sold some Bear Stearns shares that Eisman, oddly enough, had bought the night before, at $53 a share.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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