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Meaning of ad valorem | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

Measured by or in proportion to value.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Français ad valorem

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ad verbum ad verecundiam ad-hoc adag. adagietto adagio

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