<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHata ingawa neno thamani iliyopunguzwa limetumika katika muktadha wa kitaalamu kwa miaka kadhaa, linapata traction katika lugha ya umma kwa sababu ya mabadiliko katika kundi la zamani la Kikomunisti.  <response>: Although the term value-subtracted has been used in specialized contexts for some years, it is acquiring traction in public parlance largely because of dislocations in the former Communist bloc. 