单词 | purchase system |
释义 | > as lemmaspurchase system purchase system n. The system of buying commissions in the British army; cf. sense 7 (now historical). ΚΠ 1841 Times 28 Oct. 4/2 Under the purchase system, whatever merit rises above the average is but a lucky chance. 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. 1986 N. A. M. Rodger Wooden World (1988) vii. 253 The purchase system discouraged the officer from risking his investment in action. < as lemmas |
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