Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective In proportion to the value.
from The Century Dictionary.
- According to value.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Com.) A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Measured by or in proportion to
value .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin ad valōrem : Latin ad, to, according to + Late Latin valōrem, accusative of valor, value.]
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jmjarmstrong commented on the word ad valorem
JM always value adds to values ad valorem.
July 8, 2010