トラックシステム

noun

truck system

A system of wage payment in which employees are paid in goods or tokens redeemable only at a company store, rather than in cash. This term is a direct loan from English and is used in historical or economic contexts.

• 19世せい紀きのイギリスでは、トラックシステムが労ろう働どう者しゃを搾さく取しゅする手しゅ段だんとして使つかわれた。

  In 19th-century Britain, the truck system was used as a means of exploiting workers.

• トラックシステムは、現げん金きんではなく商しょう品ひんで賃ちん金ぎんを支し払はらう制せい度どです。

  The truck system is a system of paying wages in goods rather than cash.