customs

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌs.təmz/

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Etymology 1

Plural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from Middle English custome hous.

Noun

customs (countable and uncountable, plural customs)

1. (in the plural) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.

   Customs of £200 were due on all the wine we took back from France.

2. (in the singular or 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.

3. 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.

4. The location at a border checkpoint where customs checks are carried out.
   • 2022, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 4922: Welcome To Canada:

     "You said someone from Cubetown was gonna meet us here at the airport?" "Yeah. We go through customs, then they'll meet us outside baggage claim."

Derived terms

• Custom House
• custom house, customhouse
• customs and excise
• customs clearance
• customs declaration
• customs duty
• customs house, customshouse
• customs officer
• customs post
• customs union
• customs value

 

Translations

the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods

• Albanian: doganë (sq) f
• Arabic: رُسُوم m pl (rusūm), جُمْرُك m (jumruk), رُسُوم جُمْرُكِيَّة pl (rusūm jumrukiyya)

  Hijazi Arabic: جُمْرُك pl (jumruk), رُسُوم pl (rusūm), رُسُوم جُمْرُكِيَّة pl (rusūm jumrukiyya)

• Armenian: մաքս (hy) (makʻs)
• Azerbaijani: rüsum
• Belarusian: мы́та n (mýta), мы́тны збор m (mýtny zbor)
• Bulgarian: мито́ (bg) n (mitó)
• Burmese: အကောက်ခွန် (my) (a.kaukhkwan)
• Catalan: duana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關稅／关税 (zh) (guānshuì)

• Czech: clo (cs) n
• Danish: told (da) c
• Dutch: douanerechten (nl) n pl
• Esperanto: dogano
• Estonian: toll (et)
• Finnish: tulli (fi), tullimaksu (fi)
• French: douane (fr) f, douanes (fr) f pl
• Galician: arancel m
• Georgian: ბაჟი (baži)
• German: Zoll (de) m
• Greek: δασμός (el) m (dasmós)
• Hindi: सीमाशुल्क m (sīmāśulk), कस्टम्स (kasṭams)
• Hungarian: vám (hu)
• Indonesian: bea (id)
• Irish: custam m
• Italian: dazio (it) m, gabella (it) f, imposte (it) f pl, accise (it) f pl, dogana (it)
• Japanese: 関税 (ja) (かんぜい, kanzei), カスタム (ja) (kasutamu)
• Kazakh: кеден салықтары (keden salyqtary)
• Khmer: សុលកាករ (solkaakɑɑ)
• Korean: 관세(關稅) (ko) (gwanse)
• Ladino: dogana, duana, komarka, kumerchu (Monastir)
• Lao: ສຸລະກາກອນ (su la kā kǭn)
• Latvian: muita f
• Lithuanian: muitas m
• Macedonian: царина f (carina)
• Malay: kastam
• Maori: katimauhe
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: гааль (mn) (gaalʹ)

• Norman: douanne f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: toll (no) m

• Ottoman Turkish: كمرك (gümrük), باج (bac)
• Persian: گمرک (fa) (gomrok)
• Polish: cło (pl) n, opłata celna f
• Portuguese: alfândega (pt) f (Brazil and Portugal), aduana (pt) f (Brazil)
• Romanian: vamă (ro) f
• Russian: тамо́женный сбор m (tamóžennyj sbor), тамо́женная по́шлина f (tamóžennaja póšlina)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ца̏рина f

  Roman: cȁrina (sh) f

• Slovak: clo (sk) n
• Slovene: carina (sl) f
• Spanish: aduana (es) f, arancel (es) m, derechos de aduana m pl, aranceles (es) m pl
• Swedish: tull (sv) c
• Tajik: гумрук (tg) (gumruk)
• Thai: ศุลกากร (th) (sǔn-lá-gaa-gɔɔn)
• Turkish: gümrük (tr)
• Ukrainian: ми́то n (mýto), ми́тний збір m (mýtnyj zbir)

government agency — see custom house

customs checks at a border checkpoint

• Esperanto: dogano sg
• Finnish: tullitarkastus (fi)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: odprawa celna f

custom house — see custom house

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} dogano

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

customs

1. plural of custom

Verb

customs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of custom