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Definitions for Customs

[1] a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
[2] habits or usages collectively; convention.
[3] a practice so long established that it has the force of law.
[4] such practices collectively.
[5] Sociology . a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another.
[6] toll; duty.
[7] customs, (used with a singular or plural verb ) duties imposed by law on imported or, less commonly, exported goods. (used with a singular verb ) the government department that collects these duties. (used with a singular verb ) the section of an airport, station, etc., where baggage is checked for contraband and for goods subject to duty.
[8] regular patronage of a particular shop, restaurant, etc.
[9] the customers or patrons of a business firm, collectively.
[10] the aggregate of customers.
[11] (in medieval Europe) a customary tax, tribute, or service owed by peasants to their lord.
[12] made specially for individual customers: custom shoes.
[13] dealing in things so made, or doing work to order: a custom tailor.
[14] duty on imports or exports
[15] the government department responsible for the collection of these duties
[16] the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc, where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband
[17] the procedure for examining baggage and freight, paying duty, etc
[18] (as modifier ) customs officer
[19] a usual or habitual practice; typical mode of behaviour
[20] the long-established habits or traditions of a society collectively; convention custom dictates good manners
[21] a practice which by long-established usage has come to have the force of law such practices collectively (esp in the phrase custom and practice )
[22] habitual patronage, esp of a shop or business
[23] the customers of a shop or business collectively
[24] (in feudal Europe) a tribute paid by a vassal to his lord
[25] made to the specifications of an individual customer (often in the combinations custom-built , custom-made )
[26] specializing in goods so made

Words related to Customs

customtax

Words nearby Customs

customcustodes, custodial, custodian, custodianship, custody, custom, custom house, custom-build, custom-built, custom-made, custom-make

Origin of Customs

1150–1200; Middle English custume < Anglo-French; Old French costume < Vulgar Latin *co(n)s(uē)tūmin-, replacing Latin consuētūdin- (stem of consuētūdō ), equivalent to consuēt(us ) accustomed, past participle of consuēscere (con- con- + suē- (akin to suus one's own) + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūdin- noun suffix; cf. costume

Word origin for Customs

C12: from Old French costume, from Latin consuētūdō, from consuēscere to grow accustomed to, from suēscere to be used to

Synonyms for Customs

imposts, tariffs, tax