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"w:Merriam-Webster"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) salary; military pay"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/səʊld/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-sold.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Pvanp7-sold.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Pvanp7-sold.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Pvanp7-sold.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Pvanp7-sold.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[sɒʊ(ɫ)d]",
"tags": [
"Estuary-English"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɛlt/",
"tags": [
"Northumbria"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/soʊld/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-sold.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/En-us-sold.ogg/En-us-sold.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/En-us-sold.ogg",
"tags": [
"California"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/soʊld/",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[soɫd]",
"tags": [
"Canada"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/səʉld/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[sɔʊɫd]",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sɐʉld/",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[sɒʊɫd]",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[sɔːɫd]",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊld"
}
],
"word": "sold"
}
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