TRUCK


Meaning of TRUCK in English

n. & v.

n. 1 dealings; exchange, barter. 2 small wares. 3 US market-garden produce (truck farm). 4 colloq. odds and ends. 5 hist. the payment of workers in kind.

v.tr. & intr. archaic barter, exchange. have no truck with avoid dealing with.

[ ME f. OF troquer (unrecorded) = trocare, of unkn. orig. ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.