Sold.
any pay or salary of a soldier
Meaning & usage
any pay or salary of a soldier
Schon am Zahltag hatte der junge Husarenkorporal seinen ganzen Wochensold versoffen.
the 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)
clipping of Besoldung (“kind of salary for soldiers and civil servants”)
pay, payroll, reward
Er ist ein schamloser Lobbyist im Sold der Wirtschafts- und Finanzelite.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German solt, from Old French solt, from Latin solidus (“a Roman gold coin”).
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