(US, alternative in, _, Canada) A system, policy or understanding based on trust in the honesty, honor, or integrity of others.
Our local beekeeper leaves jars of honey for sale in his driveway. There's a coffee can for the money, and payment is on the honor system.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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It's better than the honor system.
“It's better than the honor system.”
“If there is any "good" to come from the current administration, it's exposing how much our government of checks and balances is little more than a poorly supervised honor system. Time to Magna Carta this shit.”
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