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bought
[ bawt ]
adjective
- South Midland and Southern U.S. store-bought.
bought
/ ɔː /
verb
- the past tense and past participle of buy
adjective
- purchased from a shop; not homemade
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·dzܲ adjective
- ɱ-dzܲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of bought1
Idioms and Phrases
see under buy .Compare Meanings
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Example Sentences
They don't know the mechanics of how treasury bonds are bought and sold — they just know that there's a treasury bond market and they need to get some dollars from that.
Andy Hacking, 61, said he bought the RAF uniform about five years ago in a shop in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, and discovered the letter in a pocket with a post mark dated 17 December 1945.
A man who bought a £20,000 car to replace the one he had stolen has discovered he has accidentally bought back his own stolen car.
"I said to him 'your son has to be your friend as well, Chris'. I don't think he ever bought into that."
Ms Sarahs' daughter bought two dresses for as many proms, which were both cancelled during the pandemic.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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