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  • past participle of buy.
  • past tense form of buy.
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bought

[bawt] / bɔt /
ADJECTIVE
purchased
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Antonyms


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To be completely honest, I bought the CRX to fit in.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

He left Arista in 2000 to form J Records and released Alicia Keys’ debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” which went multi-platinum, before BMG bought a majority stake in 2022.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

As Strategy bought Bitcoin last week, it simultaneously sold 2,714,839 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $335.5 million.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

That means that anyone who bought the stock after its first day of trading has lost money — at least on paper.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

The engineer wore pants, but they weren't white like the pants his mother had bought for him.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry




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