Sentence:  Letters by the reams came in from investment firms all over the nation , all of them wanting to get a part of the shares that would be <WSD>sold</WSD> ( 185000 to the public at $ 12.50 , with another 5000 reserved for Morton Foods employes at $ 11.50 a share ) . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent