单词 | store pay |
释义 | > as lemmasstore pay store pay n. (see quot. 1848). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > payment in things other than money > specific store pay1842 1842 R. H. Bonnycastle Canada & Canadians II. 180 A quintal of fish..is worth 12s. 6d. in hard cash, or 14s. 6d. store pay. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms App. Store pay, payment made for produce or other articles purchased, by goods from a store, instead of cash. 1891 S. M. Welch Recoll. Buffalo 1830–40 353 The workmen were to receive..only half cash, the remainder in trade—store pay, i.e.: in orders on the employers or other stores for such goods as they needed. 1905 J. S. Carter Story of Dundas 51 The store-keeper bought the settlers' produce but would give them only trade in return, or what was known as ‘store pay’. < as lemmas |
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