company store
nounDefinitions
A retailer of provisions and general merchandise, owned by a firm which operates a mine…
A retailer of provisions and general merchandise, owned by a firm which operates a mine or other industry nearby, and at which the firm's employees are required to shop, to pay high prices, and to make payments through payroll deductions or a truck system, typically resulting in the accumulation of considerable employee indebtedness.
- Skeelty, who thought he knew how to manage these people, allowed every man, at the close of work on Saturday, to purchase a pint of whiskey from the company store, charging an exorbitant price that netted a huge profit.
- You load sixteen tons what do you get— Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go; I owe my soul to the company store.
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