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ALL meanings of custom

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  • variable noun custom A custom is an activity, a way of behaving, or an event which is usual or traditional in a particular society or in particular circumstances. 3
  • singular noun custom If it is your custom to do something, you usually do it in particular circumstances. 3
  • uncountable noun custom If a shop has your custom, you regularly buy things there. 3
  • adjective custom If you use custom to describe something such as a vehicle or a piece of clothing, you mean that it has been designed for one particular customer. 3
  • noun custom a usual or habitual practice; typical mode of behaviour 3
  • noun custom the long-established habits or traditions of a society collectively; convention 3
  • noun custom a practice which by long-established usage has come to have the force of law 3
  • noun custom such practices collectively (esp in the phrase custom and practice) 3
  • noun custom habitual patronage, esp of a shop or business 3
  • noun custom the customers of a shop or business collectively 3
  • noun custom (in feudal Europe) a tribute paid by a vassal to his lord 3
  • adjective custom made to the specifications of an individual customer (often in the combinations custom-built, custom-made) 3
  • adjective custom specializing in goods so made 3
  • noun custom a usual practice or habitual way of behaving; habit 3
  • noun custom a social convention carried on by tradition and enforced by social disapproval of any violation 3
  • noun custom such practices, collectively 3
  • noun custom under feudalism, a service, rent, etc. regularly paid to a lord 3
  • noun custom duties or taxes imposed by a government on imported and, occasionally, exported goods 3
  • noun custom the government agency in charge of collecting these duties, or any of its offices 3
  • noun custom the regular support or patronage of a business establishment 3
  • noun custom customers as a group 3
  • noun custom such usage as by common consent and long-established, uniform practice has taken on the force of law 3
  • adjective custom made or done to order or, sometimes, made extra fine, as if to order 3
  • adjective custom making things to order, or dealing in things made to order 3
  • noun custom If you give a store or business your custom, you buy from them. 3
  • noun custom A store or business's custom is all its customers. 3
  • adjective custom made to order, bespoke 1
  • noun custom charge, duty: payable on imported goods 1
  • noun,plural custom government agency 1
  • noun custom regular patrons 1
  • noun Technical meaning of custom (Or "bespoke") An adjective describing any product that is special in some way, individually created for a specific user or system, as opposed to generic or off-the-shelf. 1
  • noun custom A traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time. 1
  • noun custom a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances. 1
  • noun custom habits or usages collectively; convention. 1
  • noun custom a practice so long established that it has the force of law. 1
  • noun custom such practices collectively. 1
  • noun custom Sociology. a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another. 1
  • noun custom toll; duty. 1
  • noun custom customs. (used with a singular or plural verb) duties imposed by law on imported or, less commonly, exported goods. (used with a singular verb) the government department that collects these duties. (used with a singular verb) the section of an airport, station, etc., where baggage is checked for contraband and for goods subject to duty. 1
  • noun custom regular patronage of a particular shop, restaurant, etc. 1
  • noun custom the customers or patrons of a business firm, collectively. 1
  • noun custom the aggregate of customers. 1
  • noun custom (in medieval Europe) a customary tax, tribute, or service owed by peasants to their lord. 1
  • adjective custom made specially for individual customers: custom shoes. 1
  • adjective custom dealing in things so made, or doing work to order: a custom tailor. 1
  • noun custom habit, usual behaviour 1
  • noun custom tradition 1
  • noun custom patronage 1
  • noun,plural custom airport baggage-check area 1
  • noun,plural custom tax payable on imported goods 1
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