Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bought, paid for. / Corrupted by money from special interests; bribed.

simple past tense and past participle of buy and pay for

simple past tense and past participle of buy out

simple past tense and past participle of impulse buy

purchased in a shop (as opposed to being home-made)

Synonym of shop-bought

(politics, derogatory) The constellation of technocrats, columnists, pundits, university professors, public intellectuals, business lobbyists and other powerful groups who benefit from the political status quo and use their position to defend and support it.

plural of bought priesthood

simple past tense and past participle of panic-buy

Of a product or service, purchased during a bout of panic buying.