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Definition of Customs

1. Noun. Money collected under a tariff.

Definition of Customs

1. Noun. (plural of custom) ¹

2. Noun. (pluralonly) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods. ¹

3. Noun. ((singular) ) The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Customs

1. custom [n] - See also: custom

Lexicographical Neighbors of Customs

Literary usage of Customs

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

1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"BUILDING customs. (Vol. xii. p. 104.) IN Davos Platz, Switzerland, and its neighbourhood, ... SOME FORMER customs OF THE ROYAL PARISH OF CRATHIE, SCOTLAND. ..."

2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1864)
"Laws and customs are frequently to be met with in the United States which contrast strongly with all that surrounds them. These laws seem to be drawn up in ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1871)
"he advanced, however, by cautious and well-weighed steps The introduction of customs was followed by the establish ment of an excise, and the scheme of ..."

4. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"In comparing the story with the harvest customs of Europe,8 three points deserve special attention, namely: I. the reaping match and the binding of persons ..."

5. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1914)
"... but it would be an interminable task, omitting nothing, to portray in detail the several states and all their customs.” “That is rightly spoken. ..."

6. The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo, Giovanni Battista Baldelli Boni, Hugh Murray, Société de géographie (France) (1852)
"... customs, and Superstitions of the Tartars—Their Government—Conduct of their Wars—Route through Siberia to the Northern Ocean—Various Places on the ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... customs in marriage, mortuary and other rites in Hano, but the most characteristic of all are the religious festivals. The * most instructive of these ..."

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