drain

Slumlords buy an asset and drain the equity out of it for profit.

There are discussions to change this taxation in order to stem the brain-drain.

They are a huge drain on man power, economy and morale of a nation.

Or do you pour a red liquid into the circle and fill it up, then drain it and measure the amount of red ?

You need a supportive and decent partner who will be your rock of stability, not someone who will drain you.

When the ignition is off, we consume less than 1 mA. By itself, the Automatic Link would take 3-4 years to drain even a cheap battery.

It was a very difficult time, our business partners went back on their promises and with that 3+ years of my life went down the drain.

I suspect I'll get downvoted for this, but for some reason, I find this quote chilling, Children are a financial drain, Merrill wrote.

You see, I'm an introvert...." But what explanation do you give yourself when you really want to go see a certain band but you think the social aspect will drain you so much it will be hard to enjoy?

Larger resolution than most retail devices and CPU but I think the battery drains too fast, I'd rather use Revolution.

Visualization that only focuses on the goal may drain motivation to complete the necessary steps.

"At the time, the only way to donate marrow was to basically have someone drill holes in your bones and drain your skeleton, which kind of terrified me. Nowadays, of course, most donations require nothing more than sitting still for a few hours with an IV watching television.

It's a nice article, but it overlooks one fact: There needs to be a brain drain out of academia, because academia can't absorb more than a fraction of its own production of talent.

What do you do when you realize it's nice to have a big diverse circle of friends sometimes -- for trying to round people up for certain activities, or so you aren't limited to the tastes of your one or two really close friends -- but maintaining that social network is intimidating and draining and you don't know if you're up to it?

Remember the $1 million-plus raised for hurricane relief raised after Katrina that PayPal threw down the drain by declaring that they wouldn't release it until long after it mattered?If PayPal has good reasons not to accept donations and crowdfunding, they shouldn't fucking accept donations or crowdfunding, instead of letting users get in deep enough to get screwed before dropping the hammer.

I can finally let go of my plan to abandon my family, move to the bay area, drain my life savings, live in a shoebox, stumble from one conference and event to the next hoping to network and find my messiah & co-founder, try to get funded, grow my business to someone else's expectations, all for a tiny fraction of a chance to succeed and be either a slave to my own company or lose control of my baby and walk away with diluted equity.