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bought /ˈbɔt/
(vbl.)buy的過去式和過去分詞(a.)買來的
Bought n.
1. A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent. [Obs.]
The boughts of the fore legs. --Sir T. Browne.
2. The part of a sling that contains the stone. [Obs.]
Bought, p. a. Purchased; bribed.
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Buy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bought p. pr. & vb. n. Buying ]
1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries. --B. Franklin.
2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. --Prov. xxiii. 23.
To buy again. See Againbuy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
To buy off. (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience. (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one from a party.
To buy out (a) To buy off, or detach from. --Shak. (b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A buys out B. (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business.
To buy in, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.
To buy on credit, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day.
To buy the refusal (of anything), to give a consideration for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future time.
buy
n : an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
bargain, steal]
v 1: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial
transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The
conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the
big department store" [syn: purchase] [ant: sell]
2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or
influence; "This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, corrupt,
grease one's palms]
3: acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to
buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
4: accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
5: be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a
ride on the train"
[also: bought]