customs
PLURAL:
1. (used with a singular or plural verb) duties imposed by law on imported or, less commonly, exported goods.
2. (used with a singular verb) the government department that collects these duties.
3. (used with a singular verb) the section of an airport, station, etc., where baggage is checked for contraband and for goods subject to duty.
noun (functioning as singular or plural):
1. duty on imports or exports.
2. the government department responsible for the collection of these duties.
3. the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc, where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband.
4. the procedure for examining baggage and freight, paying duty, etc.
5. (as modifier):
customs officer.
plural:
1. duties, tolls, or imposts imposed by the sovereign law of a country on imports or exports.
2. (usually singular in construction) the agency, establishment, or procedure for collecting such customs:
went through customs at the airport without any difficulty.
3. business patronage.
4. usually habitual patrons; customers.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English custume<Anglo-French; Old French costume<Vulgar Latin *co(n)s(uē)tūmin-, replacing Latin consuētūdin- (stem of consuētūdō), equivalent to consuēt(us) accustomed, past participle of consuēscere (con-con- + suē- (akin to suus one's own) + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūdin- noun suffix; cf. costume. Dictionary 2: C12: from Old French costume, from Latin consuētūdō, from consuēscere to grow accustomed to, from suēscere to be used to. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of custom: Noun: 13th century. Adjective: 1757. History and Etymology for custom: Noun and Adjective: Middle English custume, from Anglo-French, from Latin consuetudin-, consuetudo, from consuescere to accustom, from com- + suescere to accustom; akin to suus one's own — more at suicide. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2, 3.
1. (used with a singular or plural verb) duties imposed by law on imported or, less commonly, exported goods.
2. (used with a singular verb) the government department that collects these duties.
3. (used with a singular verb) the section of an airport, station, etc., where baggage is checked for contraband and for goods subject to duty.
noun (functioning as singular or plural):
1. duty on imports or exports.
2. the government department responsible for the collection of these duties.
3. the part of a port, airport, frontier station, etc, where baggage and freight are examined for dutiable goods and contraband.
4. the procedure for examining baggage and freight, paying duty, etc.
5. (as modifier):
customs officer.
plural:
1. duties, tolls, or imposts imposed by the sovereign law of a country on imports or exports.
2. (usually singular in construction) the agency, establishment, or procedure for collecting such customs:
went through customs at the airport without any difficulty.
3. business patronage.
4. usually habitual patrons; customers.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English custume<Anglo-French; Old French costume<Vulgar Latin *co(n)s(uē)tūmin-, replacing Latin consuētūdin- (stem of consuētūdō), equivalent to consuēt(us) accustomed, past participle of consuēscere (con-con- + suē- (akin to suus one's own) + -tus past participle suffix) + -ūdin- noun suffix; cf. costume. Dictionary 2: C12: from Old French costume, from Latin consuētūdō, from consuēscere to grow accustomed to, from suēscere to be used to. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of custom: Noun: 13th century. Adjective: 1757. History and Etymology for custom: Noun and Adjective: Middle English custume, from Anglo-French, from Latin consuetudin-, consuetudo, from consuescere to accustom, from com- + suescere to accustom; akin to suus one's own — more at suicide. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2, 3.