It's illegal in the United States to obtain a kidney through any kind of valuable consideration.
在美国,通过任何形式的有价值的代价获得肾脏都是非法的。
雾都孤儿(原版)
'And that's what I never gave yet, for any job of work where there wasn't valuable consideration to be gained.
'而这就是我从未付出过的,对于任何没有获得有价值考虑的工作。
国富论(三)
In those days protection was seldom granted without a valuable consideration, and this tax might perhaps be considered as compensation for what their patrons might lose by their exemption from other taxes.
Consideration must be of value (at least to the parties), and is exchanged for the performance or promise of performance by the other party (such performance itself is consideration). In a contract, one consideration (thing given) is exchanged for another consideration.