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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It pays a 4% dividend and bought back about 5% of its stock last year.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
When Carvana bought the Arizona store in early 2025, the company called it “a small test.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Crow, 64, bought both properties through a trust managed by her longtime financial manager—having chosen to relocate from a remote 150-acre farm to the Nashville estate when her children were getting ready to start preschool.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
I went to university before I had to pay, I bought a flat in London in 1988 and I worked for an employer that offered me a generous defined benefit pension.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
They were eating in the dining room, which proved it was a special occasion —as did the fact that his mother had bought new candles.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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