Meaning of use value | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The ability of an object (not necessarily a commodity) to satisfy a human need; a utility.
   Marxism, especially
2. An object with such ability.
   Marxism, especially

Examples

“The utility of a thing makes it a use-value. But this utility is not a thing of air. Being limited by the physical properties of the commodity, it has no existence apart from that commodity. A commodity, such as iron⟳, corn, or a diamond, is therefore, so far as it is a material thing, a use-value, something useful. This property of a commodity is independent of the amount of labour required to appropriate its useful qualities.”

“A commodity is, in the first place⟳, a thing that satisfies a human want⟳; in the second place⟳, it is a thing that can be exchanged for another thing. The utility of a thing makes it a use-value. Exchange-value (or simply, value) presents itself first of all as the ratio, the proportion, in which a certain number⟳ of use-values of one sort⟳ are exchanged for a certain number⟳ of use-values of another sort⟳.”

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