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# Superfluity
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## Definition
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Surplus production beyond what an individual needs for their own consumption, which becomes available for exchange with others, enabling the division of labour and commercial society.
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## Source Chapter
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Book I, Chapter 4
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## Context
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Smith explains that the division of labour creates superfluities - surplus production that individuals can exchange for other goods they need but do not produce themselves, forming the basis for commercial exchange.
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## Economic Domain
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Production
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