'customs' definitions:
Definition of 'customs'
(from WordNet)
noun
Definition of 'customs'
From: GCIDE
- customs \customs\ n. pl.
- 1. money collected under a tariff; a duty imposed on imported goods.
- Syn: customs duty, custom, impost. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. the government department administering the collection of import tariffs. Used with as singular verb. [PJC]
- 3. that area within an airport, sea port, or other border station where freight or the baggage of travellers is checked for dutiable materials or contraband; as, it took an hour to get through customs. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'customs'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ad valorem duty,
- alcohol tax,
- amusement tax,
- assessment on default,
- assessor,
- capital gains tax,
- capitation,
- capitation tax,
- corporation tax,
- customhouse,
- customs duty,
- death duty,
- death tax,
- doomage,
- duty,
- estate duty,
- estate tax,
- excess profits tax,
- excise,
- excise tax,
- exciseman,
- export tax,
- farmer,
- federal tax,
- gabelle,
- gift tax,
- head tax,
- import tax,
- income tax,
- inheritance tax,
- Internal Revenue Service,
- internal revenue tax,
- land tax,
- liquor tax,
- local tax,
- luxury tax,
- nuisance tax,
- personal property tax,
- poll,
- poll tax,
- property tax,
- property-increment tax,
- protective tariff,
- provincial tax,
- publican,
- rates,
- revenue tariff,
- revenuer,
- sales tax,
- salt tax,
- school tax,
- severance tax,
- specific duty,
- state tax,
- tariff,
- tariff duty,
- tax assessor,
- tax collector,
- tax farmer,
- taxer,
- taxman,
- telephone tax,
- use tax,
- value added tax,
- VAT,
- window tax
Words containing 'customs'
- Custom,
- Customable,
- Customableness,
- Customably,
- Customer,
- customize,
- Custom of merchants,
- General customs,
- Heriot custom,
- Particular customs,
- Suit custom,
- bureau of customs,
- custom made,
- customer agent,
- customer's broker,
- customer's man,
- customs bureau,
- customs duty,
- customs service,
- customs union,
- ugly customer,
- custom-built,
- custom-made,
- custom-make