Superfluities
[,sju:pə'flu:ɪtiz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Superfluity
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Examples
- But what madness must it be to _run in debt_ for these superfluities? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It gives a value to their superfluities, by exchanging them for something else, which may satisfy a part of their wants and increase their enjoyments. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We sell our victuals to the Islands for rum and sugar; the substantial necessaries of life for superfluities. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Could all these people, now employed in raising, making, or carrying superfluities, be subsisted by raising necessaries? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A rich man lies under a moral obligation to communicate to those in necessity a share of his superfluities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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