means of production

English

Etymology

Loan translation of German Produktionsmittel, coined by Karl Marx.

Noun

means of production (plural means of production)

  1. (economics, Marxism) The combination of the means of labor, such as machines, tools, and equipment, and the subject of labor used by workers to make products.

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