Quoting%20commentary for Kiddushin 40:14

או דילמא היכא דגלי גלי היכא דלא גלי לא גלי

But you said: 'if his value increased, [his redemption is] out of the money that he was bought for'! - Suppose he was dear [when bought], then slumped, then rose again.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He was bought for two hundred, and then slumped to a hundred, whereupon the slave refunded fifty for half redemption, not yet having served at all, and then his value rose again to two hundred.');">²¹</span> 'It will be found to his disadvantage': If he bought him for two hundred [zuz], he [the slave] refunded a hundred, half of his value, and then slumped to a hundred.

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