Bought Definition & Meaning

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    • Synonyms bought American [bawt] / bɔt /

    verb

    1. simple past tense and past participle of buy.

    adjective

    1. South Midland and Southern U.S. store-bought.

    bought British / bɔːt /

    verb

    1. the past tense and past participle of buy

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

    adjective

    1. purchased from a shop; not homemade

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 bought Idioms

    1. see under buy.

    Other Word Forms

    • unbought adjective
    • well-bought adjective

    Etymology

    Origin of bought

    First recorded before 900, for the adjective for an earlier sense

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    • bought vs. brought

    Example Sentences

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    He has also bought a triplex, part of which he rents out to provide a source of income, and secured his green card for permanent US residency.

    From Barron's

    Tickets can be bought online or at the fountain with cards or other contactless payment methods, officials said.

    From Barron's

    American CEOs looked at Chinese labor costs, looked at American labor costs, and bought plane tickets.

    From MarketWatch

    He invited me to an industry concert on his last night in town, where I saw him in his element, conducting the score he’d orchestrated, wearing the socks I’d bought him.

    From Los Angeles Times

    She misses a favorite hat she’d had for years, along with a pair of shoes Axel bought her as a birthday present.

    From Los Angeles Times

    Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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