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means of production

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plural noun

  1. (in Marxist theory) the raw materials and means of labour (tools, machines, etc) employed in the production process

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Means of production would be issued free to all workers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Means of production, means of subsistence, available laborers, all the elements of production and of general wealth, are present in abundance.

From Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels, Friedrich

Means of production adapted for individual use; hence primitive, ungainly, petty, dwarfed in action.

From Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels, Friedrich

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