ALL meanings of customs
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C c - noun customs the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc, where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband 4
- proper noun customs Customs is the official organization responsible for collecting taxes on goods coming into a country and preventing illegal goods from being brought in. 3
- uncountable noun customs Customs is the place where people arriving from a foreign country have to declare goods that they bring with them. 3
- adjective customs Customs duties are taxes that people pay for importing and exporting goods. 3
- noun customs duty on imports or exports 3
- noun customs the government department responsible for the collection of these duties 3
- noun customs the procedure for examining baggage and freight, paying duty, etc 3
- noun customs (as modifier) 3
- noun customs a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances. 1
- noun customs habits or usages collectively; convention. 1
- noun customs a practice so long established that it has the force of law. 1
- noun customs such practices collectively. 1
- noun customs Sociology. a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another. 1
- noun customs toll; duty. 1
- noun customs 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. 1
- noun customs regular patronage of a particular shop, restaurant, etc. 1
- noun customs the customers or patrons of a business firm, collectively. 1
- noun customs the aggregate of customers. 1
- noun customs (in medieval Europe) a customary tax, tribute, or service owed by peasants to their lord. 1
- adjective customs made specially for individual customers: custom shoes. 1
- adjective customs dealing in things so made, or doing work to order: a custom tailor. 1
- noun customs The official department that administers and collects the duties levied by a government on imported goods. 1
- noun customs plural of custom. 0
- noun customs (plural only) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods. 0
- noun customs (singular) The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods. 0