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 Definitions of Custom  [ˈkʌs təm]  

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Definition of 'Custom' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) custom
a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.

2.  custom
habits or usages collectively; convention.

3.  custom
a practice so long established that it has the force of law.

4.  custom
such practices collectively.

5.  custom
customs,

6.  custom
(used with a sing. or pl. v.) duties imposed by law on imported or, sometimes, exported goods.

7.  custom
(used with a sing. v.) the government department that collects these duties.

8.  custom
(used with a sing. v.) the section of an airport, station, etc., where baggage is checked for contraband and for goods subject to duty.

9.  custom
regular patronage of a shop, restaurant, etc.

10.  custom
customers or patrons collectively.

11.  custom
a customary tax, tribute, or service due by feudal tenants to their lord.

12. (adj.) custom
made specially for individual customers:
custom shoes.

13.  custom
dealing in things so made, or doing work to order:
a custom tailor.

Etymology:  (1150–1200; ME custume < AF; OF costume < VL *consuētūminem, for L consuētūdinem, acc. of consuētūdō habit)

Definition of 'Custom' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) custom, usage, usance
accepted or habitual practice

2. (noun) custom, tradition
a specific practice of long standing

3. (noun) customs, customs duty, custom, impost
money collected under a tariff

4. (adj) custom
habitual patronage
"I have given this tailor my custom for many years"

5. (adj) custom-made, custom
made according to the specifications of an individual


Definition of 'Custom' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) custom
a traditional behavior
the custom of eating with your right hand; It's the custom for wedding guests to bring gifts.


Definition of 'Custom' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Custom
frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living

2. (noun) Custom
habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support

3. (noun) Custom
long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription

4. (noun) Custom
familiar aquaintance; familiarity

5. (noun) Custom
the customary toll, tax, or tribute

6. (noun) Custom
duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported

7. (verb) Custom
to make familiar; to accustom

8. (verb) Custom
to supply with customers

9. (verb) Custom
to have a custom

10. (verb) Custom
to pay the customs of


Translation of 'Custom' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: what a person etc is in the habit of doing or does regularly
It's my custom to go for a walk on Saturday mornings; religious customs.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gewoonte Arabic flag Arabic: عادَه، عُرْف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: навик
Brazilian flag Brazilian: costume Czech flag Czech: zvyk German flag German: der Brauch
Danish flag Danish: vane; skik Greek flag Greek: συνήθεια, έθιμο Spanish flag Spanish: costumbre
Estonian flag Estonian: komme Farsi flag Farsi: عادت؛ خو Finnish flag Finnish: tapa
French flag French: habitude Hebrew flag Hebrew: מִנְהָג Hindi flag Hindi: रीति
Croatian flag Croatian: običaj Hungarian flag Hungarian: szokás Indonesian flag Indonesian: kebiasaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: venja, vani Italian flag Italian: abitudine Japanese flag Japanese: 習慣
Korean flag Korean: 관습 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įprotis, paprotys Latvian flag Latvian: paraža; paradums
Malay flag Malay: kebiasaan Dutch flag Dutch: gewoonte Norwegian flag Norwegian: (sed)vane, skikk, kutyme
Polish flag Polish: zwyczaj Persian flag Persian: عادت؛ خو Pashto flag Pashto: عادت ، کردار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: costume Romanian flag Romanian: obicei Russian flag Russian: обычай
Slovak flag Slovak: zvyk Slovenian flag Slovenian: navada Serbian flag Serbian: običaj
Swedish flag Swedish: sed[vänja], bruk, vana Thai flag Thai: กิจวัตร Turkish flag Turkish: gelenek, töre
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 習慣 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: звичка; звичай Urdu flag Urdu: رسم، رواج، عادت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thói quen Chinese flag Chinese: 习惯

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