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in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail
and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets. Sudden fortunes, indeed, are sometimes made in such places, by what is called the trade of speculation.A. Smith. Speculation, while confined within moderate limits, is the agent for equalizing supply and demand, and rendering the fluctuations of price less sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be.F. A. Walker. From him Socrates derived the principles of morality, and most part of his natural speculations.Sir W. temple. To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason."Macaulay. Thou hast no speculation in those eyes.Shak. Speculatist The very ingenious speculatist, Mr. Hume.V. Knox. Speculative The mind of man being by nature speculative.Hooker. The speculative merchant exercises no one regular, established, or well-known branch of business.A. Smith. Speculator A speculator who had dared to affirm that the human soul is by nature mortal.Macaulay. Speculatorial |
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