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plural
- 1. the official department that administers and collects the duties levied by a government on imported goods: "cocaine seizures by customs have risen this year"
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Sep 8, 2012 · The meaning of CUSTOM is a usage or practice common to many or to a particular place or class or habitual with an individual. How to use custom in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Custom.
CUSTOMS definition: 1. the place at a port, airport, or border where travellers' bags are looked at to find out if any…. Learn more.
CUSTOM definition: 1. a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time: 2. something you…. Learn more.
Definition of customs noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. a. A traditional practice or usual way of doing something followed by a social group or people. b. The tradition or body of such practices: The respect that is by custom accorded to the king. 2. a. A habitual practice of a person: my custom of reading a little before sleep.
Customs is the place where people arriving from a foreign country have to declare goods that they bring with them.
Customs are taxes, or duties, that you sometimes have to pay when you import goods from another country. When you return home from a trip to another country, you have to clear customs by talking to a customs officer and declaring everything you bought or got as a gift while you were traveling.
Customs definition: duty on imports or exports. See examples of CUSTOMS used in a sentence.
money that you have to pay to the government so that it can pay for public services: a tax that you pay on things that you buy, especially those that you bring into a country: The company has to pay duty on all imported merchandise. tax that is paid when goods are brought in from other countries.
If something has been done a certain way for a long time and has become generally accepted, it's a custom. Asking strangers for candy on one night a year would seem strange if it weren't an established custom.
