Custom

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A practice followed by people of a particular group or region.
  • n. A habitual practice of a person: my custom of reading a little before sleep. See Synonyms at habit.
  • n. Law A common tradition or usage so long established that it has the force or validity of law.
  • n. Habitual patronage, as of a store.
  • n. Habitual customers; patrons.
  • n. Duties or taxes imposed on imported and, less commonly, exported goods.
  • n. The governmental agency authorized to collect these duties.
  • n. The procedure for inspecting goods and baggage entering a country.
  • n. Tribute, service, or rent paid by a feudal tenant to a lord.
  • adj. Made to order.
  • adj. Specializing in the making or selling of made-to-order goods: a custom tailor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing, living or behaving.
  • n. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
  • n. Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
  • n. Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
  • n. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
  • n. created under particular specifications, specialized, unique, custom-made
  • adj. made in a different way from usual, specially to fit one's needs
  • v. (transitive) To make familiar; to accustom.
  • v. (transitive) To supply with customers.
  • v. (transitive) To pay the customs of.
  • v. (intransitive) To have a custom.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
  • n. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
  • n. Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
  • n. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.
  • v. To make familiar; to accustom.
  • v. To supply with customers.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a custom.
  • n. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
  • n. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
  • v. To pay the customs of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The common use or practice, either of an individual or of a community, but especially of the latter; habitual repetition of the same act or procedure; established manner or way.
  • n. In law, collectively, the settled habitudes of a community, such as are and have been for an indefinite time past generally recognized in it as the standards of what is just and right; ancient and general usage having the force of law.
  • n. The buying of goods or supplying of one's current needs; the practice of having recourse to some particular place, shop, manufactory, house of entertainment, etc., for the purpose of purchasing or giving orders.
  • n. Toll, tax, or duty; in the plural, specifically, the duties imposed by law on merchandise imported or exported.
  • n. In old French law, a system of customary law common to a whole province.
  • n. Duty, Impost, etc. See tax, n.
  • Done or made for individual customers, or to order: as, custom work; custom shoes.
  • Engaged in doing custom work: as, a custom tailor.
  • To make familiar; accustom.
  • To give custom to; supply with customers.
  • To pay duty for at the custom-house.
  • To be accustomed; be wont.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a specific practice of long standing
  • n. accepted or habitual practice
  • adj. made according to the specifications of an individual
  • n. habitual patronage
  • n. money collected under a tariff
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    customed    customs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    patronage    trade   
    Variant
    usage    prescription   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fashion    habit    practice    usage    familiarity    accustom    patronage    support    wone   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    accustom   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tradition    habit    practice    law    institution    usage    standard    service    culture    ceremony