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Definition of Custom

1. Adjective. Made according to the specifications of an individual.

2. Noun. Accepted or habitual practice.

3. Noun. A specific practice of long standing.

4. Noun. Money collected under a tariff.

5. Noun. Habitual patronage. "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"

Definition of Custom

1. n. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

2. v. t. To make familiar; to accustom.

3. v. i. To have a custom.

4. n. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.

5. v. t. To pay the customs of.

Definition of Custom

1. Noun. Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing, living or behaving. ¹

2. Noun. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support. ¹

3. Noun. (context: legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription. ¹

4. Noun. (obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity. ¹

5. Noun. The customary toll, tax, or tribute. ¹

6. Noun. created under particular specifications, specialized, unique, custom-made ¹

7. Adjective. made in a different way from usual, specially to fit one's needs ¹

8. Verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To make familiar; to accustom. ¹

9. Verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To supply with customers. ¹

10. Verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To pay the customs of. ¹

11. Verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To have a custom. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Custom

1. a habitual practice [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Custom

custodes regni custodia custodial custodial account custodial care custodian custodians custodianship custodianships custodier

custodiers custodies custody custody battle custody case custom (current term) custom-built custom-made custom-make custom house

custom houses custom made customable customableness customably customaries customarily customariness customarinesses customary

Literary usage of Custom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1870)
"The examination of luggage at the Italian custom-houses is usually extremely ... In Italy the highly pernicious custom of demanding considerably more than ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"There is no custom in the manor, giving the timber either to the lord or the ... The Defendant claiming, independently of any custom, as Lord of the Manor ..."

3. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"ON THE custom OF SALUTING AFTER SNEEZING. IT is probable that this custom, so universally prevalent, originated in some ancient superstition; ..."

4. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"Further, my interpretation of the gardens of Adonis is confirmed by finding that in this Prussian custom the very same kind of plants is used to form the ..."

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