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cus·tom  (kstm)
n.
1. A practice followed by people of a particular group or region.
2. A habitual practice of a person: my custom of reading a little before sleep. See Synonyms at habit.
3. Law A common tradition or usage so long established that it has the force or validity of law.
4.
a. Habitual patronage, as of a store.
b. Habitual customers; patrons.
5. customs
a. Duties or taxes imposed on imported and, less commonly, exported goods.
b. (used with a sing. verb) The governmental agency authorized to collect these duties.
c. (used with a sing. verb) The procedure for inspecting goods and baggage entering a country.
6. Tribute, service, or rent paid by a feudal tenant to a lord.
adj.
1. Made to order.
2. Specializing in the making or selling of made-to-order goods: a custom tailor.

[Middle English custume, from Old French costume, from Latin cnsutd, cnsutdin-, from cnsutus, past participle of cnsuscere, to accustom : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + suscere, to become accustomed; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

customs
Noun
1. duty charged on imports or exports
2. the government department responsible for collecting this
3. the area at a port, airport, or border where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.customs - money collected under a tariff
tariff, duty - a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries"
ship money - an impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defense

customs
plural noun import charges, tax, duty, toll, tariff
Translations
Spanish customs [ˈkʌstəmz] npladuana sg;
to go through (the) customs → pasar la aduana

French customs [ˈkʌstəmz] npldouane f;
to go through (the) customs → passer la douane

German customs [ˈkʌstəmz] nplZoll m;
to go through (the) customs → durch den Zoll gehen

Italian customs [ˈkʌstəmz] npldogana;
to go through (the) customs → passare la dogana

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He was very well known to the customs officers of the coast; and as there was between these worthies and himself a perpetual battle of wits, he had at first thought that Dantes might be an emissary of these industrious guardians of rights and duties, who perhaps employed this ingenious means of learning some of the secrets of his trade.
For since the '45 the English had done everything to make the Highlanders forget their old language and customs.
THE ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical.
 
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