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Boughten

/ˈbɔːtən/

Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).

📖 Definitions of "Boughten"

adjective
  1. 1

    Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).

    "Is that a boughten chair?"

verb
  1. 1

    To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods

    "I'm going to buy my father something nice for his birthday."

  2. 2

    To obtain by some sacrifice.

    "I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams."

  3. 3

    To bribe.

    "He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs."

  4. 4

    To be equivalent to in value.

    "The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to."

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