Go to MSN Homeencarta®
HomeEncyclopediaDictionariesWorld AtlasStudy CentreQuizzesMore
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
surmount
surmullet
surname
surpass
surpassing
surplice
surplus
surplus labour
surplus value
surplusage
surprint
surprise
surr.
surra
surreal
surrealism
surrebuttal
Click to move down the list of words
Print Preview
See pronunciation key
Search for "surplus value" in all of MSN Encarta
E-mail this entry
Download the MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary

surplus value
surplus value


noun 
Definition:
 
price of product minus labour costs: in Marxist economic theory, the difference between the price of a product produced by labour and the value of labour itself in terms of the wages paid to workers
Encarta® World English Dictionary [World English Edition] © & (P)2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement

Also on Encarta
• Featured columns
• Encarta's best lists
• Test your knowledge
Also on MSN
• Entertainment on MSN: Top Movies
• MSN Careers: Job Hunting Made Easy
• Today's News on MSN
Have Your Say
Encarta Message Boards (© Rubberball/Jupiterimages)
Encarta Products
Upgrade your experience
© 2008 Microsoft