ad val

1. 1.

   in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed

   “the goods were taxed ad valorem”

   Synonymsad valorem

Questions about ad val

What does ad val mean?

ad val means "in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed".

What is another word for ad val?

Close synonyms include ad valorem. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ad val a common word?

ad val is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.