"sold" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English solde, sould, soud, from Middle French solde, Italian soldo. Compare soldier and Danish sold (via Low German). Doublet of sol, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*solh₂-}}, {{inh|en|enm|solde}} Middle English solde, {{der|en|frm|solde}} Middle French solde, {{der|en|it|soldo}} Italian soldo, {{cog|da|sold}} Danish sold, {{doublet|en|sol|soldo|solid|solidus|sou|xu}} Doublet of sol, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} sold
  1. (obsolete) salary; military pay Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-sold-en-noun-yneMss0x Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 39 11 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /səʊld/ [UK], [sɒʊ(ɫ)d] [Estuary-English], /soʊld/ [Canada, US], /səʉld/ [General-Australian], /sɐʉld/ [General-Australian], /sɐʉld/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-sold.ogg
Rhymes: -əʊld Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sold
  1. simple past and past participle of sell Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: sell Derived forms: oversold, undersold
    Sense id: en-sold-en-verb-T9IAyJU0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 39 11 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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