Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "consideration" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "consideration" over time.
Consideration is a concept of English common law where a promise of something of value is given in exchange for something of value. It is a necessity for simple contracts but not for special contracts. The concept has been adopted by other common law jurisdictions. It is commonly referred to as one of the six or seven elements of a contract. Read more on Wikipedia