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verb
1.
simple past tense and past participle of buy.
adjective
2.
South Midland and Southern U.S. store-bought.
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Bought
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Related forms
un·bought, adjective
well-bought, adjective
Example Sentences
- The couple bought several home-improvement books and started studying.
- Students bought reusable containers for their lunches instead of plastic bags.
- See how to turn store-bought bouquets into memorable displays.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
2.
to acquire by exchange or concession: to buy favor with flattery.
3.
to hire or obtain the services of: The Yankees bought a new center fielder.
4.
to bribe: Most public officials cannot be bought.
5.
EXPANDto be the monetary or purchasing equivalent of: Ten dollars buys less than it used to.
6.
Chiefly Theology. to redeem; ransom.
7.
Cards. to draw or be dealt (a card): He bought an ace.
8.
COLLAPSEInformal.
a.
to accept or believe: I don't buy that explanation.
b.
to be deceived by: He bought the whole story.
verb (used without object)
9.
to be or become a purchaser.
noun
Verb phrases10.
an act or instance of buying.
11.
something bought or to be bought; purchase: That coat was a sensible buy.
12.
a bargain: The couch was a real buy.
13.
buy down, to lower or reduce (the mortgage interest rate) by means of a buy-down.
14.
buy in,
a.
to buy a supply of; accumulate a stock of.
b.
to buy back one's own possession at an auction.
c.
Also, buy into.to undertake a buy-in.
15.
buy into, to purchase a share, interest, or membership in: They tried to buy into the club but were not accepted.
16.
buy off, to get rid of (a claim, opposition, etc.) by payment; purchase the noninterference of; bribe: The corrupt official bought off those who might expose him.
17.
EXPANDbuy out, to secure all of (an owner or partner's) share or interest in an enterprise: She bought out an established pharmacist and is doing very well.
18.
COLLAPSEbuy up, to buy as much as one can of something or as much as is offered for sale: He bought up the last of the strawberries at the fruit market.
19.
buy it, Slang. to get killed: He bought it at Dunkirk.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
buy·a·ble, adjective
non·buy·ing, adjective, noun
pre·buy, verb (used with object), -bought, -buy·ing.
re·buy, verb, -bought, -buy·ing.
un·buy·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDun·buy·ing, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
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.
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.
Antonyms
1. sell.
1. sell.
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World English Dictionary
| bought (bɔːt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | the past tense and past participle of buy |
| —adj | |
| 2. | purchased from a shop; not homemade |
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Word Origin & History
bought
p.t. and pp. of buy (q.v.).
EXPANDbuy
O.E. bycgan (pt. bohte) from P.Gmc. *bugjanan (cf. O.S. buggjan, Goth. bugjan), of unknown origin, not found outside Gmc. The surviving spelling is southwest England dialect; the word was generally pronounced in O.E. and M.E. with a -dg- sound as "budge," or "bidge." Meaning "believe, accept as true"
first recorded 1926.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
buy definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
bought
see under buy.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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