- a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
- habits or usages collectively; convention.
- a practice so long established that it has the force of law.
- such practices collectively.
- a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another.
- toll; duty.
- customs,
- duties imposed by law on imported or, less commonly, exported goods.
- the government department that collects these duties.
- the section of an airport, station, etc., where baggage is checked for contraband and for goods subject to duty.
- regular patronage of a particular shop, restaurant, etc.
- the customers or patrons of a business firm, collectively.
- the aggregate of customers.
- (in medieval Europe) a customary tax, tribute, or service owed by peasants to their lord.
- made specially for individual customers: custom shoes.
- dealing in things so made, or doing work to order: a custom tailor.
- a usual or habitual practice; typical mode of behaviour
- the long-established habits or traditions of a society collectively; convention
- a practice which by long-established usage has come to have the force of law
- such practices collectively (esp in the phrase custom and practice)
- habitual patronage, esp of a shop or business
- the customers of a shop or business collectively
- (in feudal Europe) a tribute paid by a vassal to his lord
- made to the specifications of an individual customer (often in the combinations custom-built, custom-made)
- specializing in goods so made
