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Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.

rm 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; as, an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.

, which turns the eye toward the nose. In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill.

To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him.

An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.

takes greatness of kingdoms according to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value. Bacon. After all, when everything has been considered; upon the whole. -- After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.) successively. -- One after an…

compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.

Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. "Pure English without Latin alloy." F. Harrison.

ds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212º Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. Dana.

Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.

The effect, substance, value, significance, or result; the sum; as, the amount of the testimony is this. The whole amount of that enormous fame. Pope.

An angle upon which the value of some function depends; -- a term used more especially in connection with elliptic functions. Magnetic amplitude, the angular distance of a heavenly body, when on the horizon, from the magnetic east or west point as indicated by the compass. The difference between the magnetic and the tr…

n ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s. Amer. Cyc.

ke, which are made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties Burke.

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.

One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.

To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value. To appreciate the motives of their enemies. Gibbon.

A rise in value; -- opposed to depreciation.

To appraise; to value; to appreciate.