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# Engrossing
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## Definition
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The practice of buying up large quantities of a commodity, particularly
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corn, with the intent to sell again at a profit, often viewed with suspicion
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as potentially manipulating market prices.
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## Source Chapter
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Book IV, Chapter 5
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## Context
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Smith defends engrossing as a legitimate market activity that helps
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distribute goods from areas of surplus to areas of scarcity, arguing that
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restrictions on this practice only harm the public interest.
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## Economic Domain
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Exchange
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