buy
verb (used with object)
to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
had bought
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past perfectof buy.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A second Kabul student, 28, said he had bought a basic phone which he was allowed to use on campus to make calls.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Just before Owen's loan deal to Portsmouth the couple had bought their first house together in Congleton - a town close to Jessica's family in Stoke on Trent, and commutable to Blackpool.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Marine Corps officer from Dayton, Ohio, who had bought three tickets on a whim and promptly forgot about them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
In 2023, just before gold began an ascent that would see its price double, China had bought $14 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
I agreed heartily with him, and then I told him what we had found in his absence: that the house which Dracula had bought was the very next one to my own.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
