noun, masculine/sɔld/plural: soldes
balance (list of credits and debits); sale (discount period in e.g. a shop)
Borrowed, with influence from the second etymology, from Italian saldo, from saldare.
/sɔld/
balance (list of credits and debits); sale (discount period in e.g. a shop)
Borrowed, with influence from the second etymology, from Italian saldo, from saldare.
pay of a soldier or other military person; pay generally
“congé sans solde, unpaid leave”
Inherited from Middle French solde, soulde, borrowed from Italian soldo (“money, pay or salary for a soldier”), from Latin soldus (“solid”), an optional syncope from solidus. Doublet of sou and solide.