Sold vs Soldo - What's the difference?
sold | soldo |
(sell)
(historical) An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira.
* 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 647:
As nouns the difference between sold and soldo
is that sold is income of a soldier, conscripts in military or other national service, and certain other professions while soldo is (soldo).sold
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* oversoldEtymology 2
(etyl) solde. See soldier, and compare sou.soldo
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(wikipedia soldo)Noun
(soldi)- That's twelve soldi . I'd be lucky to get as much as a franc for one painting.