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Boughten
/ˈbɔːtən/
Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
📖 Definitions of "Boughten"
adjective
- 1
Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade).
"Is that a boughten chair?"
verb
- 1
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
"I'm going to buy my father something nice for his birthday."
- 2
To obtain by some sacrifice.
"I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams."
- 3
To bribe.
"He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs."
- 4
To be equivalent to in value.
"The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to."
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