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Definition of Sold-out
1. Adjective. Having taken a bribe or bribes. "A sold-out politician"
2. Adjective. Sold completely in advance. "Had a sold-out house for both performances"
Definition of Sold-out
1. Adjective. Having been entirely sold, so that no stock remains ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sold-out
Literary usage of Sold-out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"1859, and sold out of the army on 4 Aug. 1863. In 1854 he applied to Lord Panmure,
the secretary for war, for permission to join the army before Sebastopol. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"In most cases where I bought or sold I closed before the end of the month in some
way—either sold out or covered it. If I bought wheat of a man for the ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"The court instructs the Jury that if they believe that the plaintiff was illegally
sold out that then It was the duty of the plaintiff to require the ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"Delinquent subscribers may be sold out; or the equity of redemption of their
stock may be sold, if they have pledged it to third parties. ..."
5. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"TRADE AND BARTER THE VICTIMS AND PREY OF INDIAN " TRADERS." Systems of Barter — "Sold
Out" — Fleeced and Victimized by the ..."
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