Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

socially necessary labour time

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: so-cial-ly nec-es-sary labour -time
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

27

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The average quantity of labour time that must be performed under currently prevailing conditions to produce a commodity.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

socially necessary labour times (plural)

Questions

What does socially necessary labour time mean?: The average quantity of labour time that must be performed under currently prevailing conditions to produce a commodity.

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