means of production
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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In “I Love Boosters,” director Boots Riley’s well-dressed thieves want to make a point about the means of production.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
A direct public offering “is a way of offering the means of production to the worker,” Karp told MarketWatch earlier this month.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025
For banana growers this means not only making their means of production greener, but also paying independent examiners to certify that their fruit are sustainable.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024
In the 1970s, power began to shift away from the manufacturing sector and toward financial institutions, constituting a new economic reality no longer organized around the means of production and distribution.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2024
The land, then the main means of production, belonged to the whole tribe and there was no individual ownership whatsoever.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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