Custom

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.2 Transitive Verb 1.3 Intransitive Verb

English

Noun

custom (plural customs)

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

   • And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21.
   • Moved beyond his custom, Gama said. Tennyson.
   • A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shakespeare

2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
   • Let him have your custom, but not your votes. Addison.
3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
   • Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without custom. Wharton .
4. (Obsolete) Familiar aquaintance; familiarity.
   • Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Shakespeare
5. The customary [[toll], tax, or tribute .
   • Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom. Rom. xiii. 7.
6. (plural usage:) Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.

Synonyms

• Practice
• Fashion
• Habit
• Usage

Transitive Verb

1. (Obsolete) To make familiar; to accustom.
2. (Obsolete) To supply with customers .
3. (Obsolete) To pay the customs of.

Intransitive Verb

1. (Obsolete) To have a custom.

   • On a bridge he custometh to fight. Spenser.