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means of production

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English

Syllables
mean-s of pro-duc-tion
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.

Example Sentences

Etymology

In 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."

Frequently Paired Words

means of exchange

Synonyms

MOP

Questions

What does means of production mean?
The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.
Where does means of production come from?
In 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."

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