truck2

 
Pronunciation: /trʌk/

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1 archaic barter.
  • chiefly historical the payment of workers in kind or with vouchers rather than money.
  • 2chiefly archaic small wares.
  • informal odds and ends.
  • 3North American market-garden produce, especially vegetables: [as modifier]: a truck garden

verb

[with object] archaic
  • barter or exchange.

Phrases

have (or want) no truck with

avoid or wish to avoid dealings or being associated with: we have no truck with that style of gutter journalism

Origin:

Middle English (as a verb): probably from Old French, of unknown origin; compare with medieval Latin trocare