"BOGOF" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɒɡ.ɒf/ [UK] Forms: BOGOFs [plural], bogof [alternative], BOGOFF [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} BOGOF (plural BOGOFs)
  1. (chiefly UK) Abbreviation of buy one, get one free (“a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one”). Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: buy one (extra: a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one), get one free (extra: a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one) Synonyms (promotion): 2 for 1, BOGO, buy one, get one, buy one, get one free, two for the price of one
    Sense id: en-BOGOF-en-noun-3a0dMOjR Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'promotion': 92 8
  2. (chiefly UK) An item promoted in this way. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-BOGOF-en-noun-35iB0Exl Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bog off

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
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          "text": "2002, \"Nothing to be Smug About\", Alex Brummer, London Evening Standard, 13 November.\nAt the Big Food Group, the new team headed by Bill Grimsey was quick to discover that turning the company around might be more difficult than it thought because of double counting of revenues as a result of bogof (buy one, get one free) promotions"
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        "An item promoted in this way."
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        "(chiefly UK) An item promoted in this way."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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          "extra": "a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one",
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        },
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          "extra": "a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one",
          "word": "get one free"
        }
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          "text": "2002, \"Nothing to be Smug About\", Alex Brummer, London Evening Standard, 13 November.\nAt the Big Food Group, the new team headed by Bill Grimsey was quick to discover that turning the company around might be more difficult than it thought because of double counting of revenues as a result of bogof (buy one, get one free) promotions"
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        "An item promoted in this way."
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      "word": "2 for 1"
    },
    {
      "sense": "promotion",
      "word": "BOGO"
    },
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      "word": "two for the price of one"
    }
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