Can Aught Be a Noun?

Aught can also be a noun meaning "zero," and "the aughts" is heard occasionally for the decade at the beginning of a century (say, 1900-1909 or 2000-2009) in which the penultimate digit is a zero.

What kind of word is aught?

As detailed above, 'aught' can be a pronoun, a noun, an adverb, a verb or an adjective.

What part of speech is aught?

verb (used with object) Scot. to own; possess. to owe (someone or something); be obligated to.

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