customs
Meanings
Plural: customs
Noun
- money collected under a tariff
- accepted or habitual practice
- a specific practice of long standing
- money collected under a tariff
- habitual patronage
- The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
- The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.
- The process of going through customs checks at a border checkpoint.
- The location at a border checkpoint where customs checks are carried out.
- plural of custom
Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of custom
Origin / Etymology
Plural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from Middle English custome hous.
Scrabble Score: 11
customs is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcustoms is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
customs is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
customs is a valid Words With Friends word