customs

About 17.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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. noun 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. noun 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. noun The location at a border checkpoint where customs checks are carried out.
5. noun plural of custom
6. verb third-person singular simple present indicative of custom

Similar words

impost customs duty excise tariff goods bond duty-free uses bonded department

Often followed by

and of duties union in are which service that