生せい産さん手しゅ段だん

noun

means of production

Economic term referring to the physical, non-human inputs used in production, such as factories, machinery, and tools. Often used in Marxist economics.

• マルクス経けい済ざい学がくでは、生せい産さん手しゅ段だんの私し有ゆうが資し本ほん主しゅ義ぎの特とく徴ちょうとされる。

  In Marxian economics, private ownership of the means of production is considered a characteristic of capitalism.