truck system

American  

noun

1. the system of paying wages in goods instead of money.

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truck system British  

noun

1. a system during the early years of the Industrial Revolution of forcing workers to accept payment of wages in kind, usually to the employer's advantage

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Etymology

Origin of truck system

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

In 2021, it rolled out Paccar Connect, a next-generation connected truck system, in Europe.

From Seattle Times

German auto giant Daimler, the world’s leading truck manufacturer, which has been testing its own autonomous truck in Nevada, pitches its Inspiration Truck system as a way to maintain consistent speeds, stay in lanes and brake as needed.

From Seattle Times

The Englishman, when he finds the truck system far from home, cannot too strongly revile it.

From Project Gutenberg

Something like twenty years ago, when a work named England was in preparation its author by personal inspection of the localities mentioned, ascertained that the latest reports on the truck system as in some parts of Staffordshire it continued to exist, and of the agricultural gangs in more northern counties, faithfully depicted the social condition of great masses of the mining and rural population.

From Project Gutenberg

I have heard a spruce Senior Wrangler lecture him for half an evening on the niceties of the Greek epigram; I have heard the poorest of all parliamentary blunderers try to detail to him the pros and cons of what he called the Truck System; and in either case the same bland eye watched the lips of the tormentor.

From Project Gutenberg