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labour power

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables
labour pow-er
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The capacity to do work (as opposed to labour, the physical act of working) which becomes a commodity under capitalism.

Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of German Arbeitskraft.

Usage

Inflected Forms

labor power (alternative, US) labour-power (alternative, US) labor-power (alternative, US)

Questions

What does labour power mean?
The capacity to do work (as opposed to labour, the physical act of working) which becomes a commodity under capitalism.
Where does labour power come from?
Calque of German Arbeitskraft.

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