Labourers give an equivalent to the capitalists for their wages, but their wages are really paid out of the capital which their employers have saved for the purpose of purchasing that equivalent.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
He had secured an option of purchasing this second holding, but it was quite out of the question that he should exercise it now, and a very simple calculation convinced him that at his present rate of progress less than half the crop would be ready when Grantly's note fell due.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
The money is spent in purchasing grass for spreading on the church floor.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews