The meaning of the word bought

What does the word bought mean?

According to the American Heritage Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language and Collins English Dictionary, the word bought is the past tense and past participle of the word buy, a verb which means to purchase with a sum of money or funds. The pronunciation of bought is bɔːt. This word is often used in idioms like bought for a song, bad buy, or a real buy. This is also a geographical feature that refers to a curve or bend in a river or mountain chain as well as a fold, ben, or coil in a tail on an animal body or snake’s body. A buyer is one who gives the concession or sacrifice of funds to get the possession. Buy is also a slang term meaning to believe or fall for.

The word bought has translations in many different languages. Take a look at this list from Word Sense or Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary Fifth Edition. You may notice that many of these words look and sound similar to one another. These are called cognates, which are often formed when two words share a root or language of origin.

•  Norman: acater‎ (Jersey), acataer‎ (continental Normandy)
•  Old Norse: kaupa‎, byggja‎
•  Roman: kupiti‎ (pf), kupovati‎ (impf), pokupovati‎
•  Quechua: rantiy‎, rantii‎
•  Occitan: crompar‎
•  Icelandic: kaupa‎
•  Catalan: comprar‎
•  Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⵖ‎ (sγ), ⴰⵖ‎ (aγ)
•  Malay: beli‎
•  Mongolian: авах‎
•  Urdu: مول لینا‎ (mol lēnā), خریدنا‎ (xarīdnā)
•  Walloon: atchter‎
•  Tagalog: bili‎, bilhin‎
•  Romansch: cumprar‎, cumprer‎
•  Armenian: գնել‎, առնել‎
•  Ukrainian: купува́ти‎ (impf), купи́ти‎ (pf)
•  Sotho: reka‎
•  Indonesian: beli‎
•  Maltese: xtara‎
•  Latin: emo‎, sumo‎
•  Albanian: blej‎
•  Mandarin: 買‎, 买‎ (mǎi)
•  Russian: покупа́ть‎ (impf), купи́ть‎ (pf)
•  Cantonese: 買‎, 买‎ (maai5)
•  Lao: ຊື້‎
•  Moroccan Arabic: شرى‎ (šra)
•  Korean: 사다‎, 구입하다‎
•  Basque: erosi‎
•  Afrikaans: koop‎
•  Finnish: ostaa‎
•  Spanish: comprar‎
•  Arabic: اِشْتَرَى‎
•  Ancient Greek: ὠνέομαι‎
•  Kazakh: сатып алу‎
•  Belarusian: купля́ць‎ (impf), купі́ць‎ (pf)
•  Samogitian: pėrktė‎
•  Avar: бичун босизе‎
•  Portuguese: comprar‎, adquirir‎
•  Turkmen: satyn almak‎
• ‎  Yiddish: קויפֿן
•  Estonian: ostma‎
•  Waray-Waray: palit‎, balyo‎
•  Italian: comprare‎
•  Egyptian Arabic: اشترى‎ (ištarā)
•  Latvian: pirkt‎, nopirkt‎
•  Cyrillic: купити‎ (pf), куповати‎ (impf), покуповати‎
•  Persian: خریدن‎ (xaridan)
•  Nepali: किन्नु‎
•  Ido: komprar‎
•  Upper Sorbian: kupować‎ (impf), kupić‎ (pf)
•  Swedish: köpa‎
•  Azeri: satın almaq‎
•  Sardinian: comparai‎, comporai‎, comporare‎, cumporai‎, comprai‎
•  German: kaufen‎
•  Ladin: comprer‎
•  Hawaiian: kūʻai‎
•  Slovak: kupovať‎ (impf), kúpiť‎ (pf)
•  Macedonian: ку́пува‎ (impf)
•  Lower Sorbian: kupowaś‎ (impf), kupiś‎ (pf)
•  Okinawan: 買－ゆん‎, 買－いん‎ (kooin)
•  Ainu: ホㇰ‎ (hok)
•  Asturian: mercar‎, comprar‎
•  Neapolitan: accattà‎
•  Chuukese: kamö‎
•  Japanese: 買う‎, 購入‎
•  Czech: kupovat‎ (impf), koupit‎ (pf)
•  Tajik: харидан‎
•  Luxembourgish: kafen‎
•  Swahili: kununua‎
•  Sorani: کڕین‎
•  Georgian: ყიდვა‎
•  Istriot: cunprà‎
•  Kyrgyz: сатып алуу‎
•  Breton: prenañ‎
•  North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) kuupe‎
•  Khmer: ទិញ‎ (tɨñ)
•  Bulgarian: купу́вам‎ (impf)
•  Crimean Tatar: satın almaq‎
•  Old Saxon: buggian‎
•  Faroese: keypa‎
•  Romani: kinel‎
•  Lithuanian: pirkti‎
•  Tuvan: садып алыр‎
•  Friulian: comprâ‎
•  Irish: ceannaigh‎
•  Interlingua: comprar‎, emer‎
•  Latgalian: pierkt‎
•  West Frisian: keape‎
•  Hebrew: קָנָה‎ (kaná)
•  Hungarian: vásárol‎, vesz‎
•  Tamil: வாங்கு‎
•  Bengali: কেনা‎
•  Sinhalese: ගන්නවා‎
•  Dutch: kopen‎, aanschaffen‎
•  Danish: købe‎
•  Venetian: cronpar‎, conprar‎
•  Greek: αγοράζω‎
•  Galician: comprar‎
•  Uzbek: sotib olmoq‎
•  Thai: ซื้อ‎
•  Aromanian: acumpãr‎
•  Burmese: ဝယ်‎
•  Slovene: kupovati‎ (impf), kupiti‎ (pf)
•  Ngazidja Comorian: hula‎
•  Pashto: پېرل‎ (рerǝ́l), پېرودل‎ (perowdᶕl)
•  French: acheter‎
•  Guaraní: jogua‎
•  Uyghur: سېتىۋالماق‎
•  Esperanto: aĉeti‎
•  Amharic: መግዛት‎
•  Romanian: cumpăra‎
•  Turkish: satın almak‎
•  Scottish Gaelic: ceannaich‎
•  Norwegian: kjøpe‎
•  Haitian Creole: achte‎
•  Kurdish: kirrîn‎, standin‎
•  Sicilian: accattari‎, cumprari‎
•  Hindi: मोल लेना‎, ख़रीदना‎
•  Corsican: cumprà‎
•  Zhuang: cawx‎
•  Old English: bycgan‎
•  Vietnamese: mua‎
•  Hausa: sáyṓ‎
•  Polish: kupować‎ (impf), kupić‎ (pf)
•  Navajo: nayiiłniih‎
•  Somali: gado‎, iibso‎

Do you know what languages the following words are in? 

Bai kjøpe kupić اخیستل comprar خریدن ostaa acheter לִקְנוֹת

What is the word origin of bought?

According to Etymonline, the word bought has been used since the Middle English bight and Middle English byen, from the Old English bycgan and past tense bohte. This comes from the Proto-Germanic bugjan which also formed the  Old Saxon buggjan, Old Norse byggja, Gothic bugjan. This spelling is from the southwest England dialect. 

How can the word bought be used in a sentence?

Using words in a sentence is a great way to memorize their definitions. You can also try to make flashcards or quizzes to test your knowledge of different definitions. Try using this word of the day in a sentence today! Below are some different examples of the word bought to help get you started. 

We bought a ticket to see the show from the local store.

I bought a couch from my neighbour Meg. Their flattery won me over.

We bought part of a sling to keep a bend in our injured son’s arm.

I bought the entire stock of new car parts from the new company to start my own conglomerate and auction – a twist they didn’t see coming. My dedication paid off.

We bought gas masks because the air quality was growing poor.

I bought a high-end designer item as a reward for a job well done – an expensive bag.

What are synonyms and antonyms of the word bought?

There are many different words that a person can use in place of the word bought (bɔt). These are called synonyms. Synonyms are words and phrases that have the same definition as another given word or phrase. Learning synonyms is a great way to expand your English language vocabulary. Take a look at the below list of synonyms of bought from Power Thesaurus.

•  get
•  pay off
•  bargain-basement
•  get hold of
•  suborn
•  license
•  secure
•  procure
•  shop
•  give the thumbs up to
•  steal
•  corrupt
•  come by
•  fall for
•  buy back
•  give the nod
•  obtain
•  buy over
•  acquire
•  good buy
•  rubber-stamp
•  buying
•  credit
•  buy off
•  gain
•  take
•  lap up
•  swallow
•  fix
•  buy out
•  give the ok to
•  give the go-ahead to
•  trust
•  give credence to
•  low-cost
•  bribe
•  dicker
•  accept
•  low-priced
•  pick up
•  have
•  purchase
•  bought for a song
•  believe
•  deal
•  lubricate
•  bargain
•  pay for
•  acquisition
•  give the green light to

There are also numerous different words that have the opposite meaning of the word bought. These opposite words are called antonyms, which are another great way to expand your English language vocabulary. This list of antonyms is also provided by Power Thesaurus.

•  provide
•  burden
•  den
•  promote
•  albatross
•  purvey
•  be dissatisfied with
•  peddle
•  argue against
•  be displeased with
•  baggage
•  blame
•  export
•  lose
•  position
•  boonk
•  market
•  bad luck
•  advertise
•  be hostile to
•  cast doubt on
•  be anti
•  oppose
•  bar
•  pit
•  vend
•  argue with
•  sell
•  attack in response
•  barrier
•  boycott
•  commercialize
•  blemish
•  be against
•  cross
•  meet opposition
•  ax
•  be hostile towards
•  ball and chain
•  disfavor
•  attack
•  cast doubt
•  affliction
•  purchase
•  block
•  free
•  blockage
•  blow
•  bad fortune
•  be in opposition to

Overall, the word bought means the past participle of the verb buy, which means to purchase. This is one of many irregular verbs in the English language.

Sources:

1. buy: meaning, origin, translation | Word Sense 
2. Buy synonyms – 1 444 Words and Phrases for Buy | Power Thesaurus  
3. Buy antonyms – 489 Opposites of Buy | Power Thesaurus 
4. Bought definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary 
5. buy | Origin and meaning of buy | Online Etymology Dictionary 

купленный

существительное

- шотл. загон для овец
- загиб; изгиб
- петля
- уст. складка (ткани)
- past и p. p. от buy

глагол

- шотл. загонять овец в загон

Словосочетания

a market where livestock is bought and sold — рынок, где покупается и продаётся домашний скот  
toys bought by their indulgent grandparents — игрушки купленные потакающими им (детям) бабушками и дедушками  
to hoard bought wheat — делать запасы из покупаемой пшеницы  
this dictionary is my own, I bought it — это мой собственный словарь, я купил его  
he bought his car on the never-never — свой автомобиль он купил в кредит  
bought article — покупное изделие  
back bought — выкупленный  
be bought and sold — быть проданными и преданным  
bought at a profit — выгодно купленный; выгодно купил  
bought commitment — контракт купли-продажи, предусматривающий финансовую ответственность за выполнение обязательств  
firm commission on a bought deal — твёрдое комиссионное вознаграждение за совершенную сделку  
acceptance bought outright — акцептованный вексель, купленный для хранения  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Возможные однокоренные слова

overbought  — покупать в слишком большом количестве, покупать слишком дорого
underbought  — покупать ниже стоимости
boughten  — готовый, купленный готовым

Fred — dear Fred — who has been true and faithful to the last — reminded me that I had previously been bought with the blood of Jesus — that I have been _twice bought_! ❋ Unknown (1859)

I do not know how it is with you, gentlemen; but I will own, that to me, ducks and geese got in this innocent, game-like way, taste sweeter than when they are bought in the market-hall: our own supper for to-night was a _bought_ supper, but it has become the victim of a little enlargement of the practice I have mentioned. » ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

Yesterday I wrote an entry about the mysterious piece of equipment Todd Lappin bought from a Navy surplus sale. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Grammar he saw no use for, and did not bother himself with it; but, curiously enough, he was delighted with geography and toward the end of the term bought a copy of Cornell’s text-book, which was then used in ❋ Unknown (1887)

The one my brother bought is a great gun, and i think if i had to do it again i would have passed on the savage for the Tikka. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He might have made his favourite niece Queen of England; but his Italian caution restrained him, and the beautiful Hortense has to put up with a new-made duke — a title bought with her uncle’s money — to whom the Cardinal affianced her on his death-bed. ❋ Unknown (1875)

Neapolitan army, had married at an advanced age a beautiful, accomplished and rich heiress, the daughter of some contractor; it was «a mariage de convenance,» a title bought by wealth and beauty. ❋ Dr. Henri Blanc (1871)

One of a bunch I had bought from the kid down the street. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Franklin bought rights to the ARB-certified Healy EVR. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

An ignorant client doesn’t know that the service they bought is doing nothing of any real value, and can be easily told that the service * I’m* offering is essentially the same thing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you bought from a dealer and they were ordering you plates, go back to the dealer and tell them the plates are delayed and you need another temporary tag. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oh, well … these are the things that I bought from the shop … ❋ Jerine (2009)

Mr. Wasserstein bought the 11th floor apartment in 2001, for $15 million, from Richard Gilder, an investment banker, according to an account at the time in the New York Observer. ❋ Josh Barbanel (2010)

Wow your bread looks like it’s bought from a bakery! ❋ Unknown (2009)

His book, which I bought, is a litany of potential disaster scenarios, from peat bogs dissolving and releasing massive amounts of methane to ice sheets quickly breaking loose into the ocean. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These people are donating money to a pipe dream, this woman Palin, is nothing but a name, McCain bought her name to thr forefront, other than that she’s nothing but a quitter, and she lied,, she said that she was leaving the Governor’s office to devote more time to family .. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The deal with Miramax fell apart before the end of the year — and before Weinstein bought Duffy the bar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After a bidding war, Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein bought the Boondock script in early 1997. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You didn’t say whether this was bought from a dealer or an individual, or what happened with the plates that should have been on the car in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

1. When looking at your [friend’s] new big screen [HDTV], you would say «Damn, that shit is bought!»
2. When seeing an exceptionally good-looking woman [walk by], you would say «Damn, that bitch is bought!» ❋ JaredS (2008)

«Yo, I don’t [have enough] [for these] [headphones] so I’m going to bought them.» ❋ Miimz0rz (2006)

[Local yokel’s] bought it! ❋ Dailenth (2021)

Damn, girl, [you look like] a real bought-it in those little [ass boy] [shorts]. ❋ Lilmama007 (2006)

[I’m not sure] if this has [happened] before. ❋ Missing (2003)

Did you hear that Jim caught his girlfriend [on the couch] with another man while [peering] through a [glass door]? He really bought the wine. ❋ Wezzie22 (2014)

[Jimmy], Man, she sure has some [large breasts]..
[Harry], yeah, they look «store bought» to me… ❋ Olericat (2020)

«28 of us started out in my class in [UPT] (Undergraduate Pilot Training) but only 11 of us earned our wings. 13 washed out, 2 got held back, and [Higgins] and Baker [bought the farm] when they lost power on climb-out.» ❋ Speedstan (2010)

The girl at the [wine] bar almost [spilled] my glass of [chardonnay] with her bought knockers! ❋ Missy ADK (2010)

My [Chevrolet] is [built not bought] ❋ YourAHarryWizard (2019)

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɔːt/
• Rhymes: -ɔːt
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɔt/
• (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) IPA^(key): /bɑt/
• Homophone: bot (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1[edit]

See buy.

Verb[edit]

bought

1. simple past tense and past participle of buy.

   • 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8837, page 74:

     In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.

   She bought an expensive bag last week.

   People have bought gas masks.

   Our products can be bought at your local store.

Usage notes[edit]

It is common to hear native English speakers (particularly in Australia, New Zealand and Britain) using «bought» when meaning «brought» (and vice versa) despite the fact that the two words mean different things [2][3]. Sometimes this mistake makes its way into print [4], [5], [6].

Derived terms[edit]

• overbought

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English bought, bowght, bouȝt, *buȝt, probably an alteration of bight, biȝt, byȝt (“bend, bight”) after bowen, buwen, buȝen (“to bow, bend”). Cognate with Scots boucht, bucht, bout (“bend”). More at bight and bout.

Alternative forms[edit]

• bout, bowt
• boughte, bughte

Noun[edit]

bought (plural boughts)

1. (obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
2. (obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
3. (obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
   • 1612, John Smith, Map of Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p. 159:

     the river it selfe turneth North east and is stil a navigable streame. On the westerne side of this bought is Tauxenent with 40 men.

4. (obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
5. (obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake’s body etc.

References[edit]

• bought in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• The Oxford English Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

• hog tub, hog-tub, hogtub

bought — перевод на русский

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