Definitions for bought
bɔtbought

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Bought(noun)

   a flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent

2. Bought(noun)

   the part of a sling that contains the stone

3. Bought

   imp. & p. p. of Buy

4. Bought

   purchased; bribed

5. Bought

   of Buy

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Bought

   bawt, pa.t. and pa.p. of Buy.—Bought′en in an archaic form.

2. Bought

   bowt, n. a bight or bend: (Spens.) a twist or coil: the bend of a sling in which the stone is placed. [See Bight.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bought' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1395

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bought' in Written Corpus Frequency: #470

How to pronounce bought?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say bought in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bought in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bought in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bought in a Sentence

1. Jim Kirkland:

   It's been difficult for us, we bought this business several years ago and we fly these elsewhere in the world.

2. Natalia Carvalho:

   I always said that what I most wanted to see was Zanetti in the rings. It's a lack of respect for the fan that bought tickets. It's a shame.

3. Marco Rubio:

   They bought back shares, a few gave out bonuses; there's no evidence whatsoever that the money's been massively poured back into the American worker.

4. Joan Tarshis:

   First of all, I kept it a secret because I was afraid to talk about it, because of Mr. Cosby's power. Then, when we came out, and lots of other women started to come out, we were called liars, and now that the truth has come out -- that he has bought drugs in order to drug women to have sex with him -- I'm just so relieved that the truth has come out.

5. Jett Sacher in Brooklyn:

   So I bought one dance, two skins and the battle pass, so that's, I spent $20 on both skins so $40 ... and the dance was another $10 so $50, 60 bucks, something like that.

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