Meanings

1. 1

   historicalany pay or salary of a soldier

   Schon am Zahltag hatte der junge Husarenkorporal seinen ganzen Wochensold versoffen.Already on payday the young hussar corporal had spent his entire weekly pay on drink.

2. 2

   Germanythe daily basic pay of a soldier who serves less than two years, including (until 2011) conscripts as well as those rendering the substitute service (Zivildienst)

3. 3

   figurativepay, payroll, reward

   Er ist ein schamloser Lobbyist im Sold der Wirtschafts- und Finanzelite.He is a shameless lobbiyst on the payroll of the economic and financial elite.

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