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. Vinod Gore:

   I bought it to save money.

2. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio:

   I just hope you bought the book.

3. Joyce Maynard:

   A good home must be made, not bought.

4. Andrew Brenner:

   Bonds are being bought in a panic mode.

5. Proverb:

   What is got by begging is dearly bought.

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