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Custom

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Noun

1. custom, usage, usance

accepted or habitual practice

2. custom, tradition

a specific practice of long standing

3. custom, customs, customs duty, impost

money collected under a tariff

4. custom

habitual patronage

Example Sentences:
'I have given this tailor my custom for many years'

Adjective

5. custom, custom-made

made according to the specifications of an individual

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Custom

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noun
1. 
a usual or habitual practice; typical mode of behaviour
2. 
the long-established habits or traditions of a society collectively; convention
custom dictates good manners
3. 
a. 
a practice which by long-established usage has come to have the force of law
b. 
such practices collectively (esp in the phrase custom and practice)
4. 
habitual patronage, esp of a shop or business
5. 
the customers of a shop or business collectively
6. 
(in feudal Europe) a tribute paid by a vassal to his lord
adjective
7. 
made to the specifications of an individual customer (often in the combinations custom-built, custom-made)
8. 
specializing in goods so made

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Custom

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noun
1. 
a usual practice or habitual way of behaving; habit
2. 
a. 
a social convention carried on by tradition and enforced by social disapproval of any violation
b. 
such practices, collectively
3. 
under feudalism, a service, rent, etc. regularly paid to a lord
4.  [pl.]
a. 
duties or taxes imposed by a government on imported and, occasionally, exported goods
b.  [with sing. v.]
the government agency in charge of collecting these duties, or any of its offices
5. 
a. 
the regular support or patronage of a business establishment
b. 
customers as a group
6.  Law
such usage as by common consent and long-established, uniform practice has taken on the force of law
adjective
7. 
made or done to order or, sometimes, made extra fine, as if to order
8. 
making things to order, or dealing in things made to order
a custom tailor

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Custom

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n.
1.
a. A traditional practice or usual way of doing something followed by a social group or people.
b. The tradition or body of such practices: The respect that is by custom accorded to the king.
2.
a. A habitual practice of a person: my custom of reading a little before sleep. See Synonyms at habit.
b. Habitual manner or practice: I am not by custom a coffee drinker.
3. Law A common tradition or usage so long established that it has the force or validity of law.
4. Habitual patronage, as of a store: tried to obtain the custom of the wealthiest shoppers.
5. customs
a. Duties or taxes imposed on imported and, less commonly, exported goods.
b. (used with a sing. verb) The governmental agency authorized to collect these duties.
c. (used with a sing. verb) The place where goods and baggage entering a country are inspected by this agency: go through customs.
6. Tribute, service, or rent paid by a feudal tenant to a lord.
adj.
1. Made to order: custom suits.
2. Specializing in the making or selling of made-to-order goods: a custom tailor.

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