Truck Acts
- (in the UK) a series of Acts directed, from 1830 onwards, against the system whereby workers received their wages in the form of vouchers for goods redeemable only at a special shop (often run by the employer). The Acts required wages to be paid in cash.〈英〉反实物工资制法案(英国自1830年起陆续制订的一系列针对实物工资制的法案; 在该工资制下, 工人工资用代金券支付, 而代金券只能在通常由雇主开设的特别商店内使用, 反实物工资制法案规定必须用现金支付工资。)