customs.
The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
Meaning & usage
The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
Customs of £200 were due on all the wine we took back from France.
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.
Where this word comes from
Plural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from Middle English custome hous.
plural of custom
Where this word comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
third-person singular simple present indicative of custom
Where this word comes from
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.