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

Hence it is difficult to combat the truck system, because it can now be carried on under cover of the law, provided only that the operative receives his wages in money. 

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

In the towns it is carried out comparatively efficiently; but in the country, the truck system, disguised or undisguised, flourishes. 

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

They were in great need of some one to devise a way that would help them to free themselves from the ancient truck system that kept them forever hopelessly in debt to the traders.

From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Dillon Wallace