| 单词 | use value |
| 释义 | > as lemmasuse value use value n. Economics (now chiefly in Marxist theory): the value of a product or commodity as determined by its utility to the society in which it exists, as opposed to its value when traded or the quantity of other commodities for which it can be traded. Cf. exchange-value n. at exchange n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance advantagec1330 commodity?a1439 strengthc1440 paya1450 purchasec1450 prize1595 profita1616 usefulness1660 use value1844 1844 T. De Quincey Logic Polit. Econ. 99 A glass full of water, taken out of a brook in England to quench a momentary thirst, has only a use value; it stands opposed as a collateral idea..to value in exchange. 1887 tr. K. Marx Capital I. 2 The utility of a thing makes it a use-value. 1887 tr. K. Marx Capital I. 2 Use-values become a reality only by use or consumption. 1968 S. Avineri Social & Polit. Thought K. Marx (1999) iv. 108 The use value of salt is determined by our need for the mineral. 2003 London Rev. Bks. 21 Aug. 26/3 Law came up with the ‘water-diamond paradox’: water has very high use-value, but, times of drought or dysentery aside, almost negligible exchange-value; diamond, by contrast, has almost no use-value, but great exchange-value. < as lemmas |
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