# Venison

## Definition

The meat of deer, used by Smith as an example of a commodity that hunters might exchange for bows and arrows, illustrating how the certainty of exchange encourages specialisation in particular occupations.

## Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 2

## Context

Smith uses venison as an example in his discussion of how hunters and shepherds might exchange specialised products, demonstrating how the division of labour emerges from the propensity to exchange.

## Economic Domain

Exchange

---