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# Funds for Maintaining Labour

## Definition

The financial resources destined for the payment of wages, consisting of two kinds: first, the revenue which is over and above what is necessary for the maintenance of those who possess it, and secondly, the stock which is over and above what is necessary for the employment of their masters.

## Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 8

## Context

Identified as the determining factor for the demand for labour, with increases in these funds leading to increases in the number of labourers employed and consequently higher wages.

## Economic Domain

Accumulation

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