bought
/ˈbɔt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.91 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of buy.
Example Sentences
- "She bought an expensive bag last week."
- "People have bought gas masks."
- "Our products can be bought at your local store."
- "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%."
- "Any senators who vote for this bill must be bought."
- "Don't bother filing a complaint, the regulators are bought."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰewgʰ-, bought
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɔt/
- British English: /ˈbɔːt/