customs
The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goodsThe duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, in the plural, uncountable)The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
Customs of £200 were due on all the wine we took back from France.
Zoll, Zollgebühr
тамо́женный сборtamóžennyj sbor, тамо́женная по́шлинаtamóžennaja póšlina
ми́тоmýto, ми́тний збірmýtnyj zbir
(singular, uncountable)The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.
Customs stopped us in the airport for an inspection.
(countable, uncountable)The process of going through customs checks at a border checkpoint.
They usually don't care about customs, but she was clearly planning on selling most of it.
(countable, uncountable)The location at a border checkpoint where customs checks are carried out.
- money collected under a tariff
Translations
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Origin
Plural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from MiddPlural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from Middle English custome hous.
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Forms
plural: customsSynonyms
3 synonyms- money collected under a tariff:customs dutycustomimpost
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable