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

bought

[bawt] / bɔt /
ADJECTIVE
purchased
Synonyms
Antonyms


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EMR has advised travellers to use alternative routes over the weekend, saying tickets that had already been bought could be used at no extra cost to travel with other operators.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

The Cartier shop inside one major Seoul department store got so mobbed by shoppers that some items from its “D’Amour” jewelry collection can now be bought only online.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

After leasing the property for years, Fallas bought the building in the 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

His firm regularly bought SpaceX stock, packaged it into investment funds and then charged fees to investors who bought pieces of those funds.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026

In reality, we both knew that he bought them for me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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