BOUGHT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of bought in English boughtverb uk /bɔːt/ us /bɑːt/ Add to word list Add to word list past simple and past participle of buy Buying

• acquirable
• acquire
• acquisition
• acquisitiveness
• bidding
• bidding war
• extravagance
• kick the tires idiom
• load up on something phrasal verb
• make a down payment on something
• misorder
• money-off
• purchasing power
• reimportation
• repurchase
• retail therapy
• ROBO
• ROPO
• slate
• splurge

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Believing (Definition of bought from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

bought | American Dictionary

boughtus /bɔt/ Add to word list Add to word list past simple and past participle of buy (Definition of bought from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of bought

bought He considers the commodity bought by the capitalist to be the labor-power (and not the "labor"!). From the Cambridge English Corpus I went to the sale, and bought it all. From the Cambridge English Corpus I had bought a great many of his bills at a discount. From the Cambridge English Corpus Large estates permanently confiscated from great delinquents and fractions of estates taken from lesser offenders could be bought by parliament's supporters. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, these studies did not clearly distinguish between food prepared at home and food bought out. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this paper we present an attempt to evaluate the force of infection in animals born or bought into such groups. From the Cambridge English Corpus My parents' house is worth seven times what it was when they bought it because they haven't moved in 25 years. From the Cambridge English Corpus All the cases reported eating coca de crema bought in the same bakery. From the Cambridge English Corpus The household was the foremost destination for the consumer goods which were being bought at an increasing rate. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thereafter, drugs are usually bought by regular customers at the premises of dealers that may be different from their domestic addresses. From the Cambridge English Corpus Sixteen of the participants were homeowners (including several who had bought their houses from the council under the 'right to buy' scheme). From the Cambridge English Corpus Currently, this lack is often compensated by using bought-in feedstuffs, which are high in essential amino acids. From the Cambridge English Corpus Major results of these efforts are that speech recognisers and synthesisers can now be bought as off-the-shelf software. From the Cambridge English Corpus He bought a large new house, where he would receive and enter tain increasing numbers of disciples, students, and fellow men of letters. From the Cambridge English Corpus As a result, those who have since bought or inherited what was originally ' stolen ' land have no moral entitlement to it, legal titles notwithstanding. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of bought These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of bought?

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in Chinese (Traditional) （buy 的過去式及過去分詞）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （buy 的过去式及过去分词）… See more in Spanish pasado simple y participio pasado de "buy"… See more in Portuguese passado e particípio passado de "buy"… See more in Japanese in Turkish in Polish in Catalan in Korean in Italian “buy” の過去形、過去分詞形… See more satın almak' fiilinin geçmiş zaman hali… See more -… See more passat i participi passat de “buy”… See more “buy”의 과거, 과거 분사형… See more passato semplice e participio passato di “buy”… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of bought

• buy
• bought deal
• bought note
• bulk-buy
• bought ledger
• store-bought
• re-buy, at rebuy

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• buy into something phrasal verb
• buy off someone phrasal verb
• buy out someone phrasal verb
• buy up something phrasal verb
• buy sth/sb out phrasal verb
• buy up sth phrasal verb
• buy into sth phrasal verb

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• someone has bought it idiom

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