# oughts

Pronunciation: US say "AHTS" /ɑːts/; UK say "AWTS" /ɔːts/

## Noun

1. Plural of ought. — plural of ought
   - Simple: Plural of ought. Use this form when you mean more than one ought.
   - _The ledger was full of long rows of oughts._
   - _He miscounted the oughts and wrote the wrong total._
2. Alternative spelling of aughts. — Alternative spelling of aughts (“first decade of a century”).
   - Simple: Alternative spelling of aughts. Use this for the years from 2000 to 2009.
   - _Many of these fashions came back from the early oughts._
   - _She spent most of the oughts living abroad._

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