bought

[ bawt ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of buy.

adjective

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

bought

/ bɔːt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of buy

adjective

1. purchased from a shop; not homemade

Other Words From

• un·bought adjective
• well-bought adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bought¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

see under buy .

Example Sentences

The way Musk and Ramaswamy have been talking, they clearly have the idea that they’ll be cleaning house from Day 1 onward—just like Musk did when he bought Twitter in late 2022, brought his friends and cronies on as consultants for cost cuts, ousted the company’s executives, and went on to lay off thousands more staffers.

From Slate

The Georgian piece contains about 500 diamonds and was bought for almost double the amount estimated by Sotheby's auction house.

From BBC

A jeweller working on London's Bond Street confirmed he bought more than half of them for £10,000 shortly after their disappearance, Sotheby's said.

From BBC

Satirical news publication The Onion has bought Infowars, the media organisation headed by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, for an undisclosed price at a court-ordered auction.

From BBC

Ms Roberts bought a spy camera over concerns about Mr Stockton and her son but failed to take any further action to protect him, it is alleged.

From BBC