Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bogof

/ˈbɒɡ.ɒf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: bo-gof
IPA: /ˈbɒɡ.ɒf/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of buy one, get one free (“a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one”).

British usage

noun

An item promoted in this way.

British usage

noun

Alternative letter-case form of BOGOF.

Example Sentences

"2002, "Nothing to be Smug About", Alex Brummer, London Evening Standard, 13 November. At the Big Food Group, the new team headed by Bill Grimsey was quick to discover that turning the company around might be more difficult than it thought because of double counting of revenues as a result of bogof (buy one, get one free) promotions"

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈbɒɡ.ɒf/

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

BOGOFs (plural) BOGOFF (alternative)

Phrases

bog off

Frequently Paired Words

bog off

Synonyms

2 for 1 BOGO buy one, get one buy one, get one free two for the price of one

Questions

How do you pronounce bogof?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɒɡ.ɒf/.
What does bogof mean?: Abbreviation of buy one, get one free (“a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one”).

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