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. the past tense and past participle of buy

adjective

1. purchased from a shop; not homemade

Other Word Forms

• unbought 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

Due to my two divorces, I had to leave the homes I bought and give up all the equity in order to keep my retirement accounts untouched.

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I bought the CD the next day: Cash’s “American IV.”

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McCarthy completed a deep pass just before halftime in a Sept. 14 game in which the Vikings trailed the Atlanta Falcons, Foster McCoy immediately bought contracts on a Vikings win.

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“Due to my two divorces, I had to leave the homes I bought and give up all the equity.”

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For almost a year, the green tent that Lichtenberg bought at Walmart with $77 borrowed from his mother served as a home in a dusty encampment here known as the Dice.

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