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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  • JM always value adds to values ad valorem.

    July 8, 2010