Gadsden Purchase, the
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishGadsden Purchase, thethe Gadsden PurchaseGads‧den Pur‧chase, the /ˌɡædzdən ˈpɜːtʃɪs $ -ɜːr-/ an area of land in what is now Arizona and New Mexico, which was bought by the US from Mexico in 1853