Meaning of ad valorem | Babel Free

Definitions

Measured by or in proportion to value.

not-comparable

Examples

“"'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.”

“[…]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.”

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