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compound labour

compound labour noun: skilled labour involving complex tasks and producing more value than simple labour.

Noun

compound labour (uncountable)

  1. Skilled labour involving complex tasks and producing more value than simple labour.
    • In connection with this, Engels says the following: How then are we to solve the whole important question of the higher wages paid for compound labor?2005, Hayashi Hiroyoshi, Marx's Labor Theory of Value: A Defense, page 111

Forms of compound labour

alternative formcompound labor

Questions about compound labour

What does compound labour mean?
Compound labour means skilled labour involving complex tasks and producing more value than simple labour.
What part of speech is compound labour?
Compound labour is a noun.

Words near compound labour in the dictionary

  1. compound interests
  2. compound interval
  3. compound intervals
  4. compound key
  5. compound keys
  6. compound labour
  7. compound larceny
  8. compound leaf
  9. compound leaves
  10. compound machine
  11. compound machines

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