TRUCK (5)

Truck (?), n. [[Cf. F. troc.]] 1. 1. Exchange of commodities; barter. Hakluyt.
2. 2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.
3. 3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; — called also truck system.
Garden truck, vegetables raised for market. — Truck farming, raising vegetables for market: market gardening.