purchase system

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Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|UK|historical}} The practice, abolished in 1871, of paying money to be made an [[officer]] in the [[cavalry]] and [[infantry]] [[regiment]]s of the English and later British Army, without having to wait for [[promotion]].

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