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

Example Sentences

The game’s price and the number sold are lost to history.

From The Wall Street Journal

While some of the large alternative asset managers whose shares sold off this past week are involved in publicly traded business development companies, Apollo’s BDC is not listed on an exchange.

From MarketWatch

A little over a year later, Manus sold for more than $2 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It will either be at a much bigger scale or I will have sold it.”

From The Wall Street Journal

And they said, you sold this stuff and you shorted that security.

From The Wall Street Journal