And Rowling, in response to some fans who find the idea of a non-white Hermione less plausible than a universe of posh magic boarding schools with no fees, confirmed the ambiguity, however deliberate, when she tweeted this week: Not that it matters what Rowling envisaged.
The fee, if confirmed, would be about 7 million euros ($9 million) higher than what Madrid paid to acquire Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.
Other savings to be announced in Wednesday's budget will include a £650m raid on the BBC's licence fee, Osborne confirmed, before launching an attack on the broadcaster's "imperial" ambitions.
If the transfer fee is confirmed at £75m, it will be the third largest in football history.
If the transfer fee is confirmed at £75m, it will be the third biggest in football history after Gareth Bale (£86m Tottenham to Real Madrid, 2013) and Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m Manchester United to Real Madrid, 2009).
The new total of £201,809 does not include private school fees but confirms that even a state education can set families back thousands of pounds in uniforms, sports equipment and extra costs such as school trips.
Certainly, those who trade on stock exchanges want low direct costs that is, brokers' commissions and fees for confirming a trade, for clearing it (registering a share's new ownership) and for settling it, when money changes hands.
AT&T now requires customers who sign up for third-party services with recurring fees to confirm the purchase by replying with a text message.
Financial Freedom had taken the rest for its administrative fees, the company confirmed.
In addition to higher fees, a phenomenon confirmed by the Federal Reserve and others, customers have cited customer service problems, inferior rates and the inconvenience of new account numbers.
MasterCard, under its settlement, agreed to pay $1 billion and also to cut its fees, the company confirmed last night.
