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)

(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.
(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.
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.
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 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) (makʿs)
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
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 (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

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

custom house — see custom house

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} dogano

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

customs

plural of custom

Verb

customs

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of custom