Not containing any advertisements.

A tendency to ignore advertisements, for example skipping over them when reading a print publication.

To the letter.

(rhetoric) The false proof of a statement by (prolonged) repetition, possibly by different people.

(rhetoric) argumentum ad populum.

(rhetoric) A fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that “if many believe so, it is so”.

(rhetoric) An argument from authority, or an appeal to authority.

(rhetoric, rare) An appeal to poverty; the logical fallacy of thinking a conclusion is correct because the speaker is poor.

plural of ad valorem tax

A tax that is assessed as a proportion of the value of the property being taxed.