ad valorem

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ad valorem

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Borrowed from Latin ad valorem (“by value”).

adverb

not comparable Measured by or in proportion to value. "'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.

noun ad valorems

A tax that is levied based on value. It would have been a most tedious if not impossible task for any American tax-payer, I care not how skillful in mathematics or conversan^([sic]) with Federal statutes or expert in custom-house rules and regulations he may have been, to have commenced on the 1st day of January, 1883, with all the lig

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@misc{ad_valorem_2026,
  title = {ad valorem},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ad%20valorem},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}