surplus value
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of surplus value
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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There was just one problem with Minnesota’s plan: the potential surplus value offered by McCarthy’s contract has been rendered obsolete by the fact he has been completely terrible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
With the rookie wage scale slotting salaries by pick regardless of position, it is more difficult for teams to generate surplus value by taking a tight end.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
The best definition that I’ve come across comes from anthropologist Hadas Weiss’s work on the middle class, where she suggests that we might understand capitalism as a form of unplanned surplus value accumulation.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
Marx proposed the concept of surplus value as a contradictory force within capitalism.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Absolute surplus value is got by lengthening the term of surplus labour; relative surplus value by shortening the term of necessary labour, which is chiefly done by inventions that cheapen the necessaries of life.
From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John
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