bought

Paid money for

Bought is the past tense and past participle of buy.

It indicates completed acquisition: I bought groceries, She had bought the house years ago.

In informal speech, bought sometimes emphasizes authenticity versus homemade: store-bought cookies.

To say someone bought it can mean they believed something dubious, or slang for died: He bought it in the war.

shopping

purchase

Goods obtained for payment

cashier · retail · sale · merchandise · goods · shopper · ecommerce · vendor · catalogue · cart

trade

commerce

Exchange of goods, services

barter · import · export · wholesale · negotiation · auction · marketplace · supply · demand · broker

ownership

property

Something owned or inherent

  • deedWritten property conveyance
  • titleFormal honorific or name
  • estateProperty and grounds

homeowner · landlord · freehold · leasehold · equity · asset · acquisition · proprietor · stakeholder · buyer

investment

stocks

Ownership stakes or inventory

shares · equities · funds · assets · capital · dividends · returns · yield · appreciation · acquisition

Categories
Opposites
transaction direction

boughtsold

Exchanged for money

vended · hawked · peddled · auctioned · traded

acquisition method

boughtstolen

Taken unlawfully

shoplifted · pilfered · looted · swiped · received

origin/production

boughthomemade

Prepared at one's residence

handmade · custom-made · tailor-made · bespoke · handcrafted

Phrases
Family

unbought, rebought, overbought

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G