In total, about $2.7 trillion in shareholder value evaporated in the course of 2000.

Intangible value can quickly evaporate with mismanagement, economic changes or fraud.

Mr. Pollitt and many outsiders, however, say that if the Russian company is successful, the value of current stock will essentially evaporate.

Tarakan's value to the Japanese evaporated with the rapid advance of Allied forces.

But if the value and income from shares evaporate and the bank calls in the loan, the result can be big losses or personal bankruptcy.

The value of some skills - like aerospace engineering and aluminum welding - has evaporated with cutbacks in the aerospace industry.

These directors did not sell shares before their value evaporated, which is presumably why they are not contributing.

They see the value of their retirement savings evaporating, taxes increasing, young people leaving the state to find jobs.

In the process, the value of the afghani evaporated.

Tarakan's value to the Japanese evaporated with the rapid advance of Allied forces into the area during 1944.