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sold on

sold on is the simple past and past participle of sell on.

Meaning of sell on

Verb

sell on (third-person singular simple present sells on, present participle selling on, simple past and past participle sold on)

  1. (transitive) To resell (goods or services).
    • Rather than sell the company's products on commission they, like distributors, buy stock from head office and sell it on for profit.1994, Richard Welford, Kate Prescott, European business: an issue-based approach
  2. (transitive) To convince (a person) of something; used with on.
    • I was opposed to his ideas, but he sold me on them.

Questions about sold on

What is sold on the simple past and past participle of?
Sold on is the simple past and past participle of sell on.

Words near sold on in the dictionary

  1. sold down the river
  2. sold freezers to Eskimos
  3. sold ice to Eskimos
  4. sold like hot cakes
  5. sold off
  6. sold on
  7. sold one's ass
  8. sold one's birthright for a mess of pottage
  9. sold one's body
  10. sold one's life dearly
  11. sold one's own grandmother

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