Cryptic crossword clue
Bought seat, so we’re told, like editor 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PURCHASED

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What does PURCHASED mean?

PURCHASED verb
  1. To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
  2. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
  3. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
  4. To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
  5. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; to raise or move by mechanical means.
  6. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
  7. To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.

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