bought

[ bawt ]
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verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of buy.

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

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Origin of bought

1
First recorded before 900, for the adjective for an earlier sense

Other words from bought

  • un·bought, adjective
  • well-bought, adjective

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How to use bought in a sentence

  • Now and then the boy who had bought Squinty, and who was taking him home, would look around at his pet in the slatted box.

    Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
  • Bob, the boy who had bought Squinty, the comical pig, laughed and clapped his hands.

    Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
  • So after some weeks of speculation, he bought himself a tablet, some pencils and took up the art of writing.

    The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
  • "I bought them boots to wear only when I go into genteel society," said one of the codfish tribe, to a wag, the other day.

  • Tip wore leaky boots all last winter, but when spring came he bought Mrs. Pulsifer a sewing machine.

British Dictionary definitions for bought

bought

/ (bɔːt) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of buy

adjective
  1. purchased from a shop; not homemade

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Other Idioms and Phrases with bought

bought

see under buy.

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