🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

현물 임금 제도

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hyeonmul imgeum jedo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
truck system/ˈtrʌk ˌsɪstəm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #25000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"현물 임금 제도는 노동자들에게 불리하게 작용했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A system where employers pay their workers with goods, provisions, or company tokens rather than official currency, often restricting them to purchase from company-owned stores.

    "The government passed legislation in the 19th century to outlaw the truck system and protect workers from exploitation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from 'truck' in the archaic sense of barter or exchange (from Old French 'troque'), combined with 'system'. Historically refers to the payment of workers in goods or tokens rather than legal tender.

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🇫🇷French → English

système du truck

Transliteration: système du truk

"Le système du truck obligeait les ouvriers à acheter dans les magasins de l'entreprise."

🇩🇪German → English

Trucksystem

Transliteration: Trucksystem

"Das Trucksystem wurde im 19. Jahrhundert gesetzlich verboten."

🇮🇹Italian → English

sistema del truck

Transliteration: sistema del truck

"Il sistema del truck sfruttava i lavoratori pagandoli con merci."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

sistema de vales

Transliteration: sistema de vales

"El sistema de vales impedía que los trabajadores ahorraran dinero en efectivo."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

sistema de pagamento em mercadorias

Transliteration: sistema de pagamento em mercadorias

"O sistema de pagamento em mercadorias era comum nas minas antigas."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

वस्तु-विनिमय मजदूरी प्रणाली

Transliteration: vastu-vinimay majdoori pranali

"वस्तु-विनिमय मजदूरी प्रणाली श्रमिकों का शोषण करती थी।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

实物工资制

Transliteration: shíwù gōngzī zhì

"实物工资制迫使工人在公司开办的商店里购物。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

현물 임금 제도

Transliteration: hyeonmul imgeum jedo

"현물 임금 제도는 노동자들에게 불리하게 작용했다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

現物給与制

Transliteration: genbutsu kyūyosei

"現物給与制は労働者を会社に縛り付ける手段であった。"

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