custom
131
7.8
- noun
- /ˈkʌstəm/
- Specialized
:
arancel
- a customs duty
- a customs officer
- a customs inspector
I guess it just arrived sitting on the dock at customs.
- I guess it just arrived sitting on the dock at customs.
- I need to get I need to get sleep because I was extremely tense, you know, having gone through Customs and Border control.
- He also talks about a customs inspector who is very severe with tourists or travelers.
- Today, it derives its revenues not from customs, from duties the way the way the Kaiser Reich did.
- I'm not going to get a ferry in in the north of Spain and around which I suppose you could do, but then you've got customs to go through.
- I said to him, look, customs gonna come onto the plane, didn't I said don't declare the goods because then we're going to have to pay heavy tax on it.
- There's the, the head office of the HMRC, the customs whatever Revenue and Customs.
- Go and see their friends, His Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
- So it's sort of some loophole basically to hide from customs reports.
- And as they get off the plane, they're getting, like, hammered by the, you know, whatever customs or immigration.
- So the US attorney walks to the back of the office, opens a door, and he comes four federal agents, DEACIAII mean DEA, customs, FBI and IRS.
- But but somebody was saying to me that a lot of the people that do this stuff, they they actually give, yeah, they tip, sometimes tip off customs or they give one away.
Examples
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We go through customs tomorrow.
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Have you filled out a declaration form for the American customs yet, sir?
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We got separated in customs.
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We had some trouble with Customs snooping around.
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Mr Muoi's helped get our supplies through customs.
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After I cleared customs at Kennedy, I phoned home, though it was after ten o'clock.
Fiction book (1998) -
I see my carry-on again at customs when they bust the thief for smuggling drugs through the border.
Fiction book (1997) -
Travelers must declare their goods at customs when entering the country.
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After the flight, we stood in line to go through customs before leaving the airport.
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When importing electronics, you may need to pay customs fees based on their value.
Synonyms
270
5.6
A tax on goods brought into or sent out of a country
71
3.0
A tax you pay on goods brought into or sent out of a country
1
3.5
A tax the government charges on goods brought into or sent out of a country
1
9.6
A tax on goods brought into a country
1
2.8
A tax the government charges on goods brought into or taken out of a country
Antonyms
Compounds
How High
- Specialized
131
7.8
8
3.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Custom as a tax on goods grew from the same idea of something regular; in old trade a 'custom' was a usual payment, so the word came to mean the duty or charge placed on imports and exports.