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bought

[ bawt ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of buy.


adjective

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

bought

/ ɔː /

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
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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·dzܲ adjective
  • ɱ-dzܲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bought1

First recorded before 900, for the adjective for an earlier sense
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Idioms and Phrases

see under buy .
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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.

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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.

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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.

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"I said to him 'your son has to be your friend as well, Chris'. I don't think he ever bought into that."

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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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