Definitions for customs
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. customs, customs duty, custom, impostnoun

   money collected under a tariff

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1. customsnoun

   the government department administering the collection of import tariffs. Used with as singular verb.

2. customsnoun

   that area within an airport, sea port, or other border station where freight or the baggage of travellers is checked for dutiable materials or contraband; as, it took an hour to get through customs.

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. customsnoun

   The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.

   We had to pay customs of u00A3200 on all the wine we took back from France.

2. customsnoun

   () The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.

   We got pulled over by customs on our way back from France - we only had 200 bottles of wine - it was so unfair.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Customs

   Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out of a country. Traditionally, customs has been considered as the fiscal subject that charges customs duties (i.e. tariffs) and other taxes on import and export. In recent decades, the views on the functions of customs have considerably expanded and now covers three basic issues: taxation, security, and trade facilitation.Each country has its own laws and regulations for the import and export of goods into and out of a country, enforced by their respective customs authorities; the import/export of some goods may be restricted or forbidden entirely. A wide range of penalties are faced by those who break these laws.

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1. customs

   Customs are established practices or patterns of behavior that are typical or expected within a particular community, society, or culture. They can also refer to the government agency responsible for controlling and collecting duties and taxes on imported and exported goods.

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1. Customs

   Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting and safeguarding customs duties and for controlling the flow of goods including animals, transports, personal effects and hazardous items in and out of a country. Depending on local legislation and regulations, the import or export of some goods may be restricted or forbidden, and the customs agency enforces these rules. The customs authority may be different from the immigration authority, which monitors persons who leave or enter the country, checking for appropriate documentation, apprehending people wanted by international arrest warrants, and impeding the entry of others deemed dangerous to the country. In most countries customs are attained through government agreements and international laws. A customs duty is a tariff or tax on the importation or exportation of goods. In the Kingdom of England, customs duties were typically part of the customary revenue of the king, and therefore did not need parliamentary consent to be levied, unlike excise duty, land tax, or other forms of taxes. Commercial goods not yet cleared through customs are held in a customs area, often called a bonded store, until processed. All authorised ports are recognised customs area.

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1. customs

   The customs symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the customs symbol and its characteristic.

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1. • Duty

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'customs' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4032

How to pronounce customs?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say customs in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of customs in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of customs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of customs in a Sentence

1. The President:

   At a time when our politics are so polarized, at a time when norms and customs of political rhetoric and courtesy and comity are so often treated like they're disposable -- this is precisely the time when we should play it straight, because our Supreme Court really is unique. It's supposed to be above politics. It has to be. And it should stay that way.

2. Stephanie Grisham:

   Melania Trump learns all Melania Trump can about the customs and traditions of the host country before every foreign trip.

3. Jerry Brown:

   There’s nothing that stops local officials from notifying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that a jailed person is going to be released.

4. Francisco Sandoval:

   The alleged crimes are illicit association, bribery as well as a special instance of fraud related to her links with ... customs fraud.

5. Zhang Juan:

   (This) is a good thing. This is an opportunity for people who could not go abroad to enjoy the same scenery as that in foreign countries, and expand their visions to know more about foreign customs and practices.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=customs
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=customs
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Customs
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customs
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=customs