bought

American  

[bawt] / bɔt /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of buy.

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adjective

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

bought British  

/ bɔːt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of buy

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adjective

1. purchased from a shop; not homemade

bought Idioms  

1. see under buy.

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Other Word Forms

• unbought adjective
• well-bought adjective

Etymology

Origin of bought

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

Compare meaning

How does bought compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• bought vs. brought

Example Sentences

These products own the VIX futures and are thus not designed to be bought and held, for they lose value due to time decay.

From MarketWatch

I haven’t met anyone who has deliberately bought a weak fund.

From MarketWatch

Art has always been sold, bought and sold.

From The Wall Street Journal

Imports declined primarily because the U.S. bought fewer pharmaceuticals from abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal

A spokesperson for Estée Lauder Companies said that it had "invested significantly in building Jo Malone London" over the past 25 years since it legally bought the brand.

From BBC