bought
Americanverb
adjective
verb
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of bought
First recorded before 900, for the adjective for an earlier sense
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His holdings have quadrupled in value, and he recently bought a four-bedroom apartment in Taichung, Taiwan, for roughly $440,000.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
After leasing the property for years, Fallas bought the building in the 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
His firm regularly bought SpaceX stock, packaged it into investment funds and then charged fees to investors who bought pieces of those funds.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
If you bought it the day before the disaster, your money has doubled.
From Barron's • Jun. 19, 2026
I reach for the embroidered coin purse I bought in Madrid two summers ago.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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