Bought is the past tense and past participle of buy.
bought in British English
(bɔːt)
verb
1. the past tense and past participle of buy
adjective
2.
purchased from a shop; not homemade
bought in American English
(bɔt)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. pt. & pp. of
buy
adjective
2. Dialectal
boughten
Examples of 'bought' in a sentence
bought
A house next door to one suspect was BOUGHT to drill holes for microphones.
The Sun (2012)
In other languages
bought
British English: bought /bɔːt/ ADJECTIVE
Something that is bought has been purchased from a shop and is not homemade.
American English: bought
Arabic: مُشْتَرى
Brazilian Portuguese: comprado
Chinese: 买来的
Croatian: kupljen
Czech: koupený
Danish: købt
Dutch: gekocht
European Spanish: comprado
Finnish: ostettu
French: acheté
German: gekauft
Greek: αγορασμένος
Italian: acquistato
Japanese: 既製の
Korean: 구입한
Norwegian: kjøpt
Polish: kupiony
European Portuguese: comprado
Romanian: cumpărat
Russian: купленный
Latin American Spanish: comprado
Swedish: köpt
Thai: ได้ซื้อ
Turkish: satın alınmış
Ukrainian: куплений
Vietnamese: được mua
All related terms of 'bought'
buy
If you buy something, you obtain it by paying money for it.
prebuy
of or pertaining to the advance purchase of a product or service
rebuy
to buy (something) again
dear-bought
having been purchased at great expense
store-bought
produced commercially and not homemade
have bought it
to be killed
buy in
to buy back for the owner (an item in an auction ) at or below the reserve price
buy off
If you say that a person or organization buys off another person or group, you are criticizing the fact that they are giving them something such as money so that they will not complain or cause trouble .
buy out
If you buy someone out , you buy their share of something such as a company or piece of property that you previously owned together .
buy up
If you buy up land, property, or a commodity , you buy large amounts of it, or all that is available.
bulk-buy
to buy (goods) in large quantities
buy into
If you buy into a company or an organization, you buy part of it, often in order to gain some control of it.
buy forward
If you buy forward , you buy at a future date for a price agreed upon today .
Chinese translation of 'bought'
bought
(bɔːt)
pt, pp
ofbuy
buy
(baɪ)
Word forms:ptppbought
vt
买(買) (mǎi)
(Comm)[company]收购(購) (shōugòu)
(fig)[time, freedom]赢(贏)得 (yíngdé)
⇒ It was a risky operation, but might buy more time.这样做有风险，但可能会赢得更多的时间。 (Zhèyàng zuò yǒu fēngxiǎn, dàn kěnéng huì yíngdé gèng duō de shíjiān.)
n(c)
(= purchase) 所买(買)之物 (suǒ mǎi zhī wù) (件, jiàn)
⇒ Other good buys include cameras and toys.其他买来的好东西还包括相机和玩具。 (Qítā mǎi lái de hǎo dōngxi hái bāokuò xiàngjī hé wánjù.)
to buy sb sth给(給)某人买(買)某物 (gěi mǒurén mǎi mǒuwù)
to buy sb a drink请(請)某人喝一杯 (qǐng mǒurén hē yī bēi)
to buy sth from a shop从(從)店里(裡)购(購)买(買)某物 (cóng diàn li gòumǎi mǒuwù)
to buy sth off or from sb从(從)某人处(處)购(購)买(買)某物 (cóng mǒurén chù gòumǎi mǒuwù)