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Definition and meaning of custom
Definitions
custom (adj.)
1.made according to the specifications of an individual
custom (n.)
1.accepted or habitual practice
2.habitual patronage"I have given this tailor my custom for many years"
3.a specific practice of long standing
4.money collected under a tariff
5.an established custom"it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"
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Merriam Webster
CustomCus"tom (kŭs"tŭm), n. [OF. custume, costume, Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL. consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr. consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally, to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E. so, adv. Cf. Consuetude, Costume.]
1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21.
Moved beyond his custom, Gama said. Tennyson.
A custom
More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.
2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
Let him have your custom, but not your votes. Addison.
3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
☞ Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without custom. Wharton.
4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]
Age can not wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. Shak.
Custom of merchants, a system or code of customs by which affairs of commerce are regulated. -- General customs, those which extend over a state or kingdom. -- Particular customs, those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London.
Syn. -- Practice; fashion. See Habit, and Usage.
CustomCus"tom, v. t. [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf. Accustom.]
1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.] Gray.
2. To supply with customers. [Obs.] Bacon.
CustomCus"tom, v. i. To have a custom. [Obs.]
On a bridge he custometh to fight. Spenser.
CustomCus"tom, n. [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i. e., the usual tax. See 1st Custom.]
1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom. Rom. xiii. 7.
2. pl. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
CustomCus"tom, v. t. To pay the customs of. [Obs.] Marlowe.
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Synonyms
custom (adj.)
custom (n.)
business, ceremony, clientèle, clients, commemoration, convention, customers, customs, customs duty, dues, duty, etiquette, fashion, formality, habit, habitude, impost, manner, mannerism, mode, observance, patronage, practice, procedure, routine, rule, toll, tradition, tribute, trick, usance, way, clientele (spéc. anglais britannique), practise (American), usage (peuple), wont (literary, peuple)
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See also
custom (adj.)
Phrases
⇨ custom-built • custom-made • custom-made clothes • custom-made suit • custom-make • full custom circuit • national custom • semi-custom circuit
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Analogical dictionary
custom (adj.)
ready-made[Ant.]
custom (n.)
wont; custom; usage; usance; habit; practice; tradition; lore; traditional knowledge[ClasseHyper.]
(rhetorical figure; trope; figure of speech; image), (orator; speechmaker; rhetorician; public speaker; speechifier)[termes liés]
pattern, practice - survival[Hyper.]
use - apply, practice, use - accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted[Dérivé]
custom (n.)
patronage, trade[Hyper.]
custom (n.)
customary - traditional - traditional[Dérivé]
custom (n.)
(levy; taxation; tax), (subject to tax)[termes liés]
douane (fr)[termes liés]
customs tariff, duty, tariff[Hyper.]
custom (n.)
custom, tradition[Hyper.]
habituate, use[Dérivé]
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