Found 1 items, similar to truck system.
English → English (gcide) Definition: truck system Truck \Truck\, n. [Cf. F. troc.] 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster] 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system. [1913 Webster] Garden truck, vegetables raised for market. [Colloq.] [U. S.] Truck farming, raising vegetables for market: market gardening. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]