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SOLD
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disposed of to a purchaser
Example:
this merchandise is sold
Classified under:
Similar:
oversubscribed (sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets)
sold-out (sold completely in advance)
Antonym:
unsold (not disposed of by purchase)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb sell
Context examples:
When I asked who had purchased it, he opened his eyes a thought wider, and paused a few seconds before replying:—It is sold, sir.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The worthless ones were to be got rid of, and, since dogs count for little against dollars, they were to be sold.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The Center within the Food and Drug Administration that is responsible for regulating firms who manufacture, repackage, relabel, and/or import medical devices sold in the United States.
(Center for Devices and Radiological Health, NCI Thesaurus)
In the U.S., the government's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must approve any drug before it can be sold.
(Drug Safety, NIH)
Until 2015, the CERs were sold in the carbon market but were to be transferred, subsequently, to village households along with the right to sell them.
(Shift to biogas helps revive forests, SciDev.Net)
Eight hundred thousand Sophie toys were sold in France in 2010 — more than eight times the number of real giraffes living in Africa.
(Study: Popularity of Wildlife Can Harm Public's Perception, VOA)
The researchers found that in 2000, just over 162 million tons of pesticides were sold in Brazil.
(Pesticides blamed for rise in colon cancer deaths, SciDev.Net)
Concept also refers to a return telephone or radio call, particularly when a survey is conducted; and to a recall of a recently sold product (e.g. pharmaceutical) by the manufacturer.
(Callback, NCI Thesaurus)
An herbal product sold as an over-the-counter treatment for depression.
(Hypericum perforatum, NCI Dictionary)
We were a family of tin-miners at Redruth, but we sold our venture to a company, and so retired with enough to keep us.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
