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<!-- generated: provider=openrouter model=arcee-ai/trinity-large-preview:free date=2026-02-19 source=book-1-chapter-04 -->
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# Commercial Interactions
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## Definition
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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.
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## Source Chapter
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Book I, Chapter 4
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## Context
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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.
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## Economic Domain
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Exchange
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