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Truck system

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, truck system means: A labour payment system using goods, tokens or restricted purchasing credit instead of ordinary cash wages.

In Turkish: ücretin mal veya alışveriş hakkıyla ödendiği sistem

How it is used

Historical truck refers to payment arrangements, not a motor vehicle.

Example sentences

  1. Workers protested against the truck system because tokens limited where they could shop.

    The payment form restricts how earnings can be spent.

  2. The inquiry compared cash wages with the value of goods under the truck system.

    Nominal payment and usable value may differ.

Common collocations

  • the truck system
  • payment under the truck system
  • industrializationThe process by which an economy shifts from mainly farming and handicrafts to large-scale manufacturing in factories using machines.
  • social classA group of people in a society who share a similar economic position, such as wealth, occupation or education, and often similar status and opportunities.

More terms: Economic History

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