How to sign “Bought” in ASL
BSL and ASL are different languages — this is the American sign. See the BSL sign for “Bought” instead
Step by step
- Touch your dominant thumb to your fingertips to make a flattened O handshape.
- Hold your non-dominant hand flat in front of you, palm facing up.
- Set the flattened O onto the open palm, then slide it forward and off the hand.
- Keep the moving hand's palm angled down as it brushes along and leaves the base palm.
- Face the direction of the seller, since the forward motion shows money changing hands.
Practice tip
Past form of “Buy” — signed with the base sign; time is shown separately, not on the verb.
Fingerspell “Bought”
Letter by letter — a handy backup if you forget the sign above. This is not the sign itself.
Text-based guide researched from established ASL references (Lifeprint, university and public-health materials) and rewritten in original words. Signer-created photos and videos are a planned future upgrade.