bought

[ bawt ]
/ bɔt /

verb

simple past tense and past participle of buy.

adjective

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

OTHER WORDS FROM bought

un·bought, adjective well-bought, adjective

Definition for bought (2 of 2)

Origin of buy

before 1000; Middle English byen, variant of byggen, buggen, Old English bycgan; cognate with Old Saxon buggjan, Gothic bugjan to buy, Old Norse byggja to lend, rent

synonym study for buy

1. Buy, purchase imply obtaining or acquiring property or goods for a price. Buy is the common and informal word, applying to any such transaction: to buy a house, vegetables at the market. Purchase is more formal and may connote buying on a larger scale, in a finer store, and the like: to purchase a year's supplies.

OTHER WORDS FROM buy

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH buy

buy by bye

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British Dictionary definitions for bought (1 of 2)

bought
/ (bɔːt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of buy

adjective

purchased from a shop; not homemade

British Dictionary definitions for bought (2 of 2)

buy
/ (baɪ) /

verb buys, buying or bought (mainly tr)

noun

a purchase (often in the phrases good or bad buy)

Word Origin for buy

Old English bycgan; related to Old Norse byggja to let out, lend, Gothic bugjan to buy

usage for buy

The use of off after buy as in I bought this off my neighbour was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable in informal contexts

Idioms and Phrases with bought

bought

see under buy.