Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A quantity of labor reckoned in units of time.
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Examples
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Raising the value of basic necessities effectively lowers wages, but this does not change the value of those commodities (whether expressed in labor-time, money, or even grain).
skzbrust: TWoN Book 3 Chapter 5 skzbrust 2010
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Other forms of labor (ie, with a machine that multiplies the efficiency of labor, or with highly skilled labor) could then be expressed in terms of simple labor-time.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009
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Raising the value of basic necessities effectively lowers wages, but this does not change the value of those commodities (whether expressed in labor-time, money, or even grain).
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2010
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This would imply to me that there is some multiplier, or, putting it another way, that there is or ought to be the concept of simple labor-time, in which exchange value is expressed.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009
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This would imply to me that there is some multiplier, or, putting it another way, that there is or ought to be the concept of simple labor-time, in which exchange value is expressed.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009
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Other forms of labor (ie, with a machine that multiplies the efficiency of labor, or with highly skilled labor) could then be expressed in terms of simple labor-time.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2009
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But that's a matter of utility as well: the pleasure in performing didn't change, but recordings required less effort, less practice — less labor-time — and convenience comparatively won out.
Archive 2008-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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But that's a matter of utility as well: the pleasure in performing didn't change, but recordings required less effort, less practice — less labor-time — and convenience comparatively won out.
Stimulus package Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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The constitution of the natural man probably does not permit him to shorten his labor-time and enlarge his consuming-time indefinitely.
I'll Take My Stand 2008
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Maybe the one thing you could do that WoW does is a simple but earthquaking shift: the labor-time that it takes to go from level 49 to 50 is not markedly longer than the labor-time it takes to go from 21 to 22.
MMOGs and Mulligans 2005
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