Custom definition
A usual practice or habitual way of behaving; habit.
noun
Made to order.
Custom suits.
adjective
Under feudalism, a service, rent, etc. regularly paid to a lord.
noun
A social convention carried on by tradition and enforced by social disapproval of any violation.
noun
Making things to order, or dealing in things made to order.
A custom tailor.
adjective
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Made or done to order or, sometimes, made extra fine, as if to order.
adjective
(law) A common tradition or usage so long established that it has the force or validity of law.
noun
Tribute, service, or rent paid by a feudal tenant to a lord.
noun
See usage of trade.
Habitual patronage, as of a store.
Tried to obtain the custom of the wealthiest shoppers.
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The governmental agency authorized to collect these duties.
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A traditional practice or usual way of doing something followed by a social group or people.
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A habitual practice of a person.
My custom of reading a little before sleep.
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Habitual manner or practice.
I am not by custom a coffee drinker.
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Duties or taxes imposed on imported and, less commonly, exported goods.
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The procedure for inspecting goods and baggage entering a country.
Go through customs.
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(law) Such usage as by common consent and long-established, uniform practice has taken on the force of law.
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Such practices, collectively.
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Duties or taxes imposed by a government on imported and, occasionally, exported goods.
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The government agency in charge of collecting these duties, or any of its offices.
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The regular support or patronage of a business establishment.
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Customers as a group.
noun
A practice, particularly in business, that is so old and universal that it has obtained the force of law.
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Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
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(law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
noun
Made in a different way from usual, specially to fit one's needs.
My feet are as big as powerboats, so I need custom shoes.
adjective
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(obsolete) To pay the customs of.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To have a custom.
verb
Specializing in the making or selling of made-to-order goods.
A custom tailor.
adjective
Custom is defined as a tradition or a usual way to behave.
An example of custom is Catholics giving up meat on Fridays during Lent.
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The definition of custom is made or designed specifically for an individual.
An example of custom is a wedding gown that the bride designed herself.
adjective
The tradition or body of such practices.
The respect that is by custom accorded to the king.
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Origin of custom
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English custume, from Anglo-Norman custume, from Old French coustume, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsuētūmen, from Latin cōnsuētūdinem, accusative singular of cōnsuētūdō (“custom, habit”), from cōnsuēscō (“accustom, habituate”), from con- (“with”) + suēscō (“become used or accustomed”), inchoative form of sueō (“I am accustomed”), perhaps from suus (“one's own, his own”); see consuetude. Displaced native Middle English wune, wone (“custom, habit, practice”) (from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice, rite”)), Middle English side, sid (“custom”) (from Old English sidu, sido (“custom, note, manner”)), Middle English cure (“custom, choice, preference”) (from Old English cyre (“choice, choosing, free will”)).
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