See Also: Account ad valorem duty(finance)
Account Ad Valorem Duty(money)
AD VALOREM(law)
Ad Valorem(money)
Ad valorem tax(money)
ad valorem(dictionary)
Ad valorem duties(finance)
DRAIN(law)
Drain(medicine)
Drain(health)

Account ad valorem duty (finance) and drain(1) (iou)


Account ad valorem duty (finance)


An imported merchandise tax expressed as a percentage.





drain(1) (iou)



drain noun. ME.
[from the verb.]
A channel or pipe along which liquid drains away; esp. (a) a pipe for leading away rainwater etc.; (b) an open channel made to drain an area of land; an artificial river. ME.
down the drain: see DOWN preposition. French drain: see French adjective. laugh like a drain colloq. laugh loudly, guffaw.
L. Lee We found the drain blocked already and the yard full of water.
b. Medicine. A tube or wick for draining a wound or abscess. M19.
c. Electronics. (The material forming) the part of a field-effect transistor to which the current-carriers flow after passing the gate. Opp. SOURCE noun 5c. M20.
The action or an act of draining; drainage. Now only fig., a continual loss, demand, or expenditure. E18.
brain drain: see BRAIN noun.
A. Wilson At fifty-seven he could not afford..such exacting drains upon his creative energies. M. Fonteyn The drain of top dancers and choreographers leaving the country.
A small (remaining) quantity of liquid; in pl., dregs; slang a drink. E19.
Comb.: drainboard N. Amer. = draining-board s.v. DRAIN verb; draincock: for draining the water out of a boiler etc; drainpipe a pipe for carrying off surplus water or liquid refuse from a building; attrib. (of trousers etc.) very narrow; in pl., narrow tight-fitting trousers.