Found 4 items, similar to custom.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: custom
adat
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: custom
adat, kebiasaan, kegaliban, kelaziman, langgam
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: custom
custom
adj : made according to the specifications of an individual [syn:
custom-made,
customized,
customised] [ant:
ready-made]
custom
n 1: accepted or habitual practice [syn:
usage,
usance]
2: a specific practice of long standing [syn:
tradition]
3: money collected under a tariff [syn:
customs,
customs duty
,
impost]
4: habitual patronage;
“I have given this tailor my custom for
many years”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Custom
Custom
\Cus"tom\, v. t. [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf.
Accustom.]
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1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.] --Gray.
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2. To supply with customers. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Custom
\Cus"tom\, v. i.
To have a custom. [Obs.]
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On a bridge he custometh to fight. --Spenser.
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Custom
\Cus"tom\, n. [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i. e., the
usual tax. See 1st
Custom.]
1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
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Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to
whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom. --Rom.
xiii. 7.
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2. pl. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities,
imported or exported.
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Custom
\Cus"tom\ (k[u^]s"t[u^]m), n. [OF. custume, costume,
Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL.
consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr.
consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be
accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally,
to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E.
so, adv. Cf.
Consuetude,
Costume.]
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1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common
to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method
of doing or living.
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And teach customs which are not lawful. --Acts xvi.
21.
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Moved beyond his custom, Gama said. --Tennyson.
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A custom
More honored in the breach than the observance.
--Shak.
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2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a
shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving
orders; business support.
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Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
--Addison.
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3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten
law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See
Usage, and
Prescription.
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Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no
custom without usage, though there may be usage without
custom. --Wharton.
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4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]
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Age can not wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. --Shak.
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Custom of merchants, a system or code of customs by which
affairs of commerce are regulated.
General customs, those which extend over a state or
kingdom.
Particular customs, those which are limited to a city or
district; as, the customs of London.
Syn: Practice; fashion. See
Habit, and
Usage.
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Custom
\Cus"tom\, v. t.
To pay the customs of. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
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