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Labor power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠that which the working man sells to the capitalist. It is that whose temporary disposal he makes over to the capitalist. Slavery is just such a sale whose time comprises a lifetime.

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Labor power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the total mental and physical capabilities that lie in the human body and personality which are put into motion whenever man produces something.

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Labor power (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be stored in warehouses after the capitalist has bought it, as he may do with the raw material.

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Labor power's (n.) value ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is the value of the means of subsistence necessary for the maintenance of its owner.

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Labor power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the vantage from which tailoring and weaving equivalent in that they are both a productive expenditure of human brains, muscles, nerves, hands.