bought

[ bawt ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of buy.

adjective

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

bought

/ bɔːt /

verb

1. See buy
   the past tense and past participle of buy

adjective

1. purchased from a shop; not homemade

Other Words From

• un·bought adjective
• well-bought adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bought¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

see under buy .

Example Sentences

Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.

From The Daily Beast

Along the way, Brinsley turned into a drug store, but it is not clear whether he bought anything.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, I wrote 212 pages of a novel called The Discovery of Sex that was bought, and I pulled it.

From The Daily Beast

When a top Mobutu confidant named Colonel Alphonse Bangala purchased the island, Lometcha bought shares.

From The Daily Beast

On Oct. 7, I bought my ticket to Kiev 45 minutes before my flight.

From The Daily Beast

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Bob, the boy who had bought Squinty, the comical pig, laughed and clapped his hands.

From Project Gutenberg

So after some weeks of speculation, he bought himself a tablet, some pencils and took up the art of writing.

From Project Gutenberg

"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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg