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labor power

labor power is the US standard form of labour power.

Meaning of labour power

Noun

labour power (uncountable)

  1. (Marxism) The capacity to do work (as opposed to labour, the physical act of working) which becomes a commodity under capitalism.

Questions about labor power

What is labor power the US standard form of?
Labor power is the US standard form of labour power.

Words near labor power in the dictionary

  1. labor markets
  2. labor of love
  3. labor pain
  4. labor pains
  5. Labor Party
  6. labor power
  7. labor relations
  8. labor share
  9. labor shares
  10. labor the point
  11. labor theory of value

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