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Definition of Ad valorem
1. Adverb. In proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed. "The goods were taxed ad valorem"
Definition of Ad valorem
1. Adjective. Measured by or in proportion to value. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ad Valorem
Literary usage of Ad valorem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Percussion caps, thirty per centum ad valorem ; cartridges, thirty-five per centum ad
... Gun wads of all descriptions, twenty per centum ad valorem. 429. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"Pearls, ten per centum ad valorem. 45u. Calf skins, tanned, or tanned and dressed,
... Masks, composed of paper or pulp, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. ..."
3. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"... ad valorem ; on spermaceti or wax candles, and on candles of spermaceti and
wax combined, eight cents per pound ; wax tapers, thirty per centum ad ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"204), a duty of fifty per centum ad valorem was levied "on hairpins made of iron
wire ... 555-57), a duty of five per centum ad valorem, in addition to then ..."
5. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1904)
"Leather manufactures noe, 20 per cent ad valorem. 120. ... Basket- and wicker-ware
noe, not being furniture, 20 percent, ad valorem.' 123. ..."
6. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1844)
"On all carpets and carpeting, of wool, hemp, flax, or cotton, or parta of either,
or other material not specified, 30 per cent ad valorem, instead of duties ..."
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