(Irregular preterit, past participle: sold).
1. To be responsible for the sale of.
2. To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.
3. To give up for a price or reward.
4. To persuade somebody to accept something.
5. To be sold at a certain price or in a certain way.
6. To be approved of or gain acceptance.

(Homonym: sell).
1. The activity of persuading someone to buy.
2. A deliberate deception; hoax.