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Brewer's: Ad valorem
Ad valo′rem
According to the price charged. Some custom duties vary according to the different values of the goods imported. Thus, at one time teas paid duty ad valorem, the high-priced tea paying more duty than that of a lower price.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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