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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The difference between the value of the product produced by labor and the actual price of labor as paid out in wages in Marxian analysis of capitalism.

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  • noun The part of the new value made by production that is taken by enterprises as generic gross profit.

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