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

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truck system

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

For this the country has built its grand, intricate railroad and truck system, the many-geared machinery of warehouses, outlets, middlemen, packing plants.

From Time Magazine Archive

A mode of paying the wages of workmen in articles which they consume, has been introduced into some of our manufacturing districts, which has been called the truck system.

From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage

The truck system, the payment of the operatives in goods, was formerly universal in England. 

From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Florence Kelley

The truck system is entirely different in its effects.

From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage