customs
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Plural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from Middle English custome hous.
Noun
[edit]customs (countable and uncountable, plural customs)
- (in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
- Customs of £200 were due on all the wine we took back from France.
- (in the singular or uncountable) The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.
- Customs stopped us in the airport for an inspection.
- The process of going through customs checks at a border checkpoint.
- They usually don't care about customs, but she was clearly planning on selling most of it.
- The location at a border checkpoint where customs checks are carried out.
- 2022, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4922: Welcome To Canada:
- "You said someone from Cubetown was gonna meet us here at the airport?" "Yeah. We go through customs, then they'll meet us outside baggage claim."
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods
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government agency — see custom house
customs checks at a border checkpoint
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Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]customs
Verb
[edit]customs
- third-person singular simple present indicative of custom
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