means of production
English
editEtymology
editIn English by 1733 in Peter Shaw, The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, Vol III, p. 52, noted: "Observe, what has been fully explained in the Novum Organum; that to discover the Causes of Things, is finding the Means to produce them, whence Causes, and the Means of Production are convertible terms."
Noun
editmeans of production pl (plural only)
- (economics, Marxism) The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) MOP
- Hyponyms: means of labor, subject of labor
- Coordinate term: means of exchange
Translations
editcombination of the means of labor and the subject of labor
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