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bought
[ bawt ]
adjective
- South Midland and Southern U.S. store-bought.
bought
/ ɔː /
verb
- the past tense and past participle of buy
adjective
- purchased from a shop; not homemade
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·dzܲ adjective
- ɱ-dzܲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bought1
Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
These are bought by companies wishing to offset their carbon emissions.
A few years later, the couple bought more than 200 undeveloped acres in the Santa Monica Mountains, in the nascent community of Pacific Palisades.
But a year before he died, he bought one of those books that you find in the stationery store — “All About My Dad,” and he filled it out.
He earned his first money as a six-year-old, bought his first shares at 11 and filed his first tax return at 13.
"Animals like Steve being bought and sold as novelty pets, often on impulse, with little understanding of the complex care they require."
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