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# Commercial Interactions

## Definition

The network of exchanges and trade relationships that characterize commercial society, where individuals engage in buying and selling rather than producing solely for personal consumption.

## Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 4

## Context

Smith describes how the division of labour transforms society into one based on commercial interactions, where every individual becomes a merchant in some measure and the entire social structure is organized around exchange rather than self-sufficiency.

## Economic Domain

Exchange

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