Purchase (disambiguation)
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Purchase may refer to:
People
- Ken Purchase (1939–uu2016), a British politician
- William Purchase (died 1557), one of the Colchester Martyrs
- Zac Purchase (born 1986), a British rower
- Robert Purchase (born 1985), a Jewish mechanical engineer from Ruislip (North West London) known for his work relating to improving adhesion on the UK rail network.
Places
- Jackson Purchase, a region in western Kentucky; locally called "The Purchase"
- Purchase, New York, US
Territorial purchases in history
- Treaty of the Danish West Indies, a deal between Denmark and the United States in 1916
- Alaska purchase, a deal between Russia and the United States in 1867
- Gadsden Purchase, territory bought by the United States from Mexico in 1853
- Jackson Purchase (U.S. historical region), territory ceded to the United States by the Chickasaws in 1818
- Louisiana Purchase, an acquisition by the United States of French territory in 1803
- Walking Purchase, an agreement in 1737 between the Penn family and the Lenape-Delaware tribe of American Indians
Other uses
- Purchase (horse) (1916–1936), American thoroughbred racehorse
- Purchase Records, American small record label started in 2000
- SUNY Purchase, a public college in the State University of New York system
- Purchase of commissions in the British Army, the practice from 1683 until 1871 of officers purchasing their army commissions
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