Definitions for custom

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custom cus·tom

Spelling: [kuhs-tuh m]

IPA: /ˈkʌs təm/

Custom is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 100 anagrams from letters in custom (cmostu).

Definitions for custom

noun

1. a habitual practice; the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
2. habits or usages collectively; convention.
3. a practice so long established that it has the force of law.
4. such practices collectively.
5. Sociology. a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another.
6. toll; duty.
7. 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.
8. regular patronage of a particular shop, restaurant, etc.
9. the customers or patrons of a business firm, collectively.
10. the aggregate of customers.
11. (in medieval Europe) a customary tax, tribute, or service owed by peasants to their lord.

adjective

1. made specially for individual customers:
2. dealing in things so made, or doing work to order:

Origin of custom

1150-1200; Middle English custume Anglo-French; Old French costume Vulgar Latin *co(n)s(uē)tūmin-, replacing Latin consuētūdin- (stem of consuētūdō), equivalent to consuēt(us) accustomed, pas

Examples for custom

This is the custom of the Indians when they are about to fight,--they hide their families.

“I can build a custom motorcycle from scratch, can weld, and worked as a lube guy at a GM dealership,” Dustykatt says.

His hand came under my chin as his custom was in giving orders.

He slept in an upright position in a custom armchair, so the reasons for his lying down to sleep are open to speculation.

The conditions are appalling, but, according to the custom of the country, they are "moral."

I supposed this to be a custom with the colored population of Turkey, and passed on.

Fly a Union flag when custom dictates it should be the Royal Standard?

As was his custom, he wore no overcoat, but a short sweater under his coat.

MN Plastics Michigan-based supplier of custom injection molding products.

In many places, it was custom to place huts outside the villages for smallpox victims.