单词 | exchange system |
释义 | > as lemmasexchange system e. of military or naval commissions, etc. (see quot.). Also attributive, as in exchange system. ΚΠ 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Exchange between officers, who remove from one regiment to another, or from full pay to half pay, for which a consideration is usually given, called the Difference. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 189 Captain Falcon..received his commission that evening, and the next day the exchanges were made. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Exchange, the removal of officers from one ship to another. 1875 Act 38 Vict. c. 16 Her Majesty may..authorise exchanges to be made from one regiment..to another regiment. 1875 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 222 670/2 In the Artillery, Engineers, and Marines, they had from time immemorial had the Exchange system, yet they had never adopted the Purchase system. < as lemmas |
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