Such drivers would probably treat electric vehicles as second cars, and prize them for their green show-off value.
That something is that they write off the value of education in doing well in life.
As the note is paid off, value is transferred out of your estate into the trust and thence to your heirs.
You can also get a bit of a deal by buying gift cards from this source, at anywhere from 5-15% off face value for most merchants.
Often cited as the pioneer of TV advertising, he insisted that an advertisement or commercial should show off the value of a product, not the cleverness of a copywriter.
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Lee had an attractive offer for the stores: He would pay them cash on the line if they would sell him gift certificates at about a 10% discount off face value.
Coffee Republic has seen more than 80% wiped off the value of its shares since the start of 2001, as competition in the sector increased and the company lost key management.
Even before recent events sheared 15% off its value, the stock was down 8% over the past five years, a period when competitors like Disney and Viacom saw double-digit gains.
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But the money is paying off in entertainment value, a 41% viewership rating and unparalleled buzz.
At RentTheRunway.com, dresses typically rent for up to 90% off their retail value for a four-day period, says co-founder Jennifer Hyman.
That's 75% off its peak value in January but still good enough to allow him to travel not just first class but in his company's private jet.
However, news of the horsemeat contamination was followed by a drop in the company's shares on Wednesday - wiping hundreds of millions of pounds off its market value.
Reports that Ms Stewart was about to face criminal charges began to circulate earlier this week, wiping about 20% off the market value of her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
Closer to home, U.S. futures are below fair value but off their worst levels.
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Which would imply that Nationwide is frequently lending not far off 100 times the value of its capital.
The ongoing oil spill in the Gulf has unleashed a vibrant debate about the value of off-shore drilling.
And her popularity could fizzle, once her novelty value wears off and she has to start revamping her party.
When a loan is written off, its accounting value is reduced to zero so the bank can suffer no further losses.
If it all works to plan, the spin-off should unlock substantial value.
Charge-off rates, the value of loans removed from a company's books and charged against loss reserves, are not necessarily the best indication of lender performance.
Still, the sell-off in the dollar value of platinum is worrisome for companies since it comes at a time when costs are escalating for South African producers.
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Cybercriminals leverage the vulnerabilities of a trusted partner to open the back door and wait patiently for the opportune moment to strike, and then waltz off with high-value data.
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Once their shock value wears off, their "meaning" evaporates.
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Dixons bought out the remaining shares in Pixmania last year in an attempt to turn the business around, and has been forced to write off much of the value of its investment.
Instead, thanks to free trade we hand off to them low value work and it gives us time to create the Googles, Intels and Microsofts of the world that make us the richest nation on earth.
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The restriction on those who could buy certain ex-local authority properties typically takes between 10% and 20% off the full market value of an ex-council home and allows those who have lived or worked in an area for three years or more, more chance to get on the housing ladder.
From 20 days before the announcement of a spin-off to 60 days after, the combined value of the parent and spun-off children has on average outperformed the market by eight percentage points, says Mr Stendevad.
At that point, the stock sold off on fears that this value would be frittered away.
"When we ran it off, it didn't run off at anything like book value, " Munger says.
The money markets responded to his words by immediately knocking almost 1% off the euro's value.
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