How could a cottage full of fourteen hungry people give anyone a present?

一间满是十四个饥肠辘辘的人的小屋怎么能送人一个礼物呢？

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I'll give you the present discounted value for it."

我会给你个现期贴现价值

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What you could do hundreds of years ago-- and can still do it today-- was go to a bank and present this bond or IOU and say, "What will you give me for it?"

在数百年前你们能做的,在今天还是能够做到的就是,到银行出示这份合约或欠条,问,你们根据它能给我多少钱

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To feel pressed to give a present is also to feel oneself passively exerting the equivalent unwelcome pressure upon other people.

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That we can't do, we can only give a present report.

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The only way I would be willing to give up present consumption to invest in somebody else is because I believe I can increase my wealth by doing it.

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