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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

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

A small sale by Strategy in May had that effect, even though it sold just 32 bitcoins for $2.5 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

"It's quite psychologically difficult. And it's not how it was sold to us at the time."

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

Already, that deal has sold out for all dates.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026

The cuts include the deepest overhaul in Xbox's history, with approximately 3,200 gaming jobs to be shed over the coming fiscal year, including positions at four studios that are being spun off or sold.

From Barron's • Jul. 6, 2026

Hands that would inherit a successful business, one that sold clothing, and yet did not even know how to sew.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman