custom

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: usageusancetraditioncustomscustoms dutyimpostcustom-made

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. accepted or habitual practiceSynonyms: usageusance
  2. a specific practice of long standingSynonyms: tradition
  3. money collected under a tariffSynonyms: customscustoms dutyimpost
  4. habitual patronage“I have given this tailor my custom for many years”

Adjective (1)

  1. made according to the specifications of an individualSynonyms: custom-made
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Custom \Cus"tom\, v. t. [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf. Accustom.] [1913 Webster]

1.To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.] --Gray. [1913 Webster]

2.To supply with customers. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Custom \Cus"tom\, v. i. To have a custom. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

On a bridge he custometh to fight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Custom \Cus"tom\, n. [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i. e., the usual tax. See 1st Custom.]

1.The customary toll, tax, or tribute. [1913 Webster]

Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom.— Rom. xiii. 7.[1913 Webster]

2.pl. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

1.Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living. [1913 Webster]

And teach customs which are not lawful.— Acts xvi. 21.[1913 Webster]
Moved beyond his custom, Gama said.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
A custom More honored in the breach than the observance.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support. [1913 Webster]

Let him have your custom, but not your votes.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

3.(Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription. [1913 Webster]

Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without custom. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]

4.Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Custom \Cus"tom\, v. t. To pay the customs of. [Obs.] --Marlowe. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

custom bespoke

(Or "bespoke") An adjective describing any product that is special in some way, individually created for a specific user or system, as opposed to generic or off-the-shelf.

(2008-06-25)

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