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purchase system

purchase system proper noun: the practice, abolished in 1871, of paying money to be made an officer in the cavalry and infantry regiments of the English and later British Army, without having to wait for promotion.

Proper noun

purchase system

  1. (UK, historical) The practice, abolished in 1871, of paying money to be made an officer in the cavalry and infantry regiments of the English and later British Army, without having to wait for promotion.

Questions about purchase system

What does purchase system mean?
Purchase system means the practice, abolished in 1871, of paying money to be made an officer in the cavalry and infantry regiments of the English and later British Army, without having to wait for promotion.
What part of speech is purchase system?
Purchase system is a proper noun.

Words near purchase system in the dictionary

  1. purchase prices
  2. purchase prize
  3. purchase prizes
  4. purchase requisition
  5. purchase shears
  6. purchase system
  7. purchase to pay
  8. purchaseable
  9. purchased
  10. purchaseless
  11. purchaser

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