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Definition of Luxuries
1. luxury [n] - See also: luxury
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luxuries
Literary usage of Luxuries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Principles and Practical Influence of Taxation and the by John Ramsay McCulloch (1863)
"TAXES ON NECESSARIES AND luxuries. THE influence of taxes on necessaries, or on
the articles which custom renders it discreditable for the lowest classes of ..."
2. Socialism in Thought and Action by Harry Wellington Laidler (1920)
"Diversion of Industry to luxuries.—A large amount of labor also goes into the
production of expensive luxuries and personal services which afford ..."
3. The Real Wealth of Nations =: Or, A New Civilization and Its Economic by John S. Hecht (1921)
"luxuries comprise all things which are not necessaries ; whether a man considers
them necessaries or luxuries is of no ..."
4. Socialism in Thought and Action by Harry Wellington Laidler (1920)
"Diversion of Industry to luxuries.—A large amount of labor also goes into the
production of expensive luxuries and personal services which afford ..."
5. A Journey in the Back Country by Frederick Law Olmsted (1860)
"If the ennobling luxuries which the institution of slavery secures to the "superior
class," and by which it is supposed to be "qualified for the higher ..."
6. A History of Commerce by Clive Day (1907)
"Precious stones; preponderance in general of luxuries over articles of general
utility. — Another category of wares, which found a ready market among the ..."
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