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use values

use values is the plural of use value.

Meaning of use value

Noun

use value (plural use values)

  1. (Marxism, especially) The ability of an object (not necessarily a commodity) to satisfy a human need; a utility.
    Synonyms:
    value in use
    1. (Marxism, especially) An object with such ability.
      • The utility of a thing makes it a use-value. But this utility is not a thing of air. Being limited by the physical properties of the commodity, it has no existence apart from that commodity. A commodity, such as iron, corn, or a diamond, is therefore, so far as it is a material thing, a use-value...1887, Karl Marx, “Commodities”, in Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, transl., edited by Frederick [i.e., Friedrich] Engels, Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production: Translated from the...

Questions about use values

What is use values the plural of?
Use values is the plural of use value.

Words near use values in the dictionary

  1. use the user
  2. use the washroom
  3. use to
  4. use up
  5. use value
  6. use values
  7. use your words
  8. use-by date
  9. use-by dates
  10. use-case
  11. use-cases

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