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# Original and Annual Expenses

## Definition

The expenses laid out by cultivators or farmers upon the cultivation of land, consisting of original expenses (instruments of husbandry, stock of cattle, seed, and maintenance during first occupancy) and annual expenses (seed, wear and tear of instruments, and annual maintenance of servants and cattle).

## Source Chapter

Book IV, Chapter 9

## Context

Smith details how agricultural systems categorize farmer expenses into original and annual components, explaining that these expenses must be regularly restored with reasonable profit for farmers to continue their business, and that the surplus produce remaining after these expenses constitutes the rent due to the landlord.

## Economic Domain

Production

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