ad valorem

English

Etymology

Latin.

Adverb

ad valorem (not comparable)

  1. Measured by or in proportion to value.
    • c. 1900, O. Henry, The Lost Blend:
      "'I forgot to tell you, boys,' says he, 'that Nicaragua slapped an import duty of 48 per cent. ad valorem on all bottled goods last month.
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 33:
      […] the medical attaché is known among the shrinking upper classes of petro-Arab nations as the DeBakey of maxillofacial yeast, his staggering fee-scale as wholly ad valorem.

Derived terms

Latin

Phrase

ad valorem

  1. By value.
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