Definitions for bought
bɔtbought

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Boughtpreter. of to buy;

2. Boughtnoun

   Etymology: from to bow.

   1. A twist; a link; a knot.

   His huge long tail wound up in hundred folds,
   Whose wreathed boughts whenever he unfolds,
   And thick entangled knots adown does slack. Fairy Q. b. i.

   Immortal verse,
   Such as the meeting soul may pierce
   In notes, with many a winding bought
   Of linked sweetness, long drawn out. John Milton.

   2. A flexure.

   The flexure of the joints is not the same in elephants as in other quadrupeds, but nearer unto those of a man; the bought of the fore-legs not directly backward, but laterally, and somewhat inward. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iii. c. i.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bought

   Bought is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film produced and released by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The movie stars Constance Bennett and features Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett and Dorothy Peterson. It is based on the 1930 novel Jackdaw's Strut by Harriet Henry. Warner Bros. paid Bennett an all-time high salary of $30,000 a week for her work in this film.

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1. bought

   Bought is the past tense and past participle form of the verb "buy." It refers to the action of acquiring something by exchanging money or its equivalent value, typically with the intention of keeping or using that item.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Boughtnoun

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

2. Boughtnoun

   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 DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Brendan Dunne:

   I generally don't believe in and am not interested in treating the sneakers I've bought and collected purely as an investment.

2. Jason Moore:

   I live on a lake and bought a boat and could n’t sit in the captain's chair to drive the boat, so that was a horrible moment because I enjoy boating, too.

3. Attorney Tim Jansen:

   They turned over every stone. And I think they ultimately made a decision that they didn’t have evidence to prove a crime, and I know critics think that the congressman somehow bought it off or somehow used his power, but I found (federal prosecutor) Todd (Gee) very responsible. He was very organized. He had evidence that he believed that he was following, and they made a determination that they weren’t going to charge.

4. 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.

5. Margaret Uglow:

   It would be a tragedy if the pope and the Catholic church bought into the standards of society and fell away from the eternal truth of humanity, we see all around us the sorrowful results of society's standards.

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References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bought
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bought
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bought
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bought