Results for custom
Definitions of custom:
part of speech: adjective
Made to order; as, custom clothes; doing only work that is ordered; as, a custom tailor.
part of speech: noun
Frequent repetition of the same act; established manner; the practice of frequenting a shop for the purchase of goods; usage; toll or tax.
part of speech: noun
A usual course of action; a frequent repetition of the same act; established or recognized usage; business support; unwritten law.
part of speech: noun
What one is wont to do: usage: frequent repetition of the same act: a frequenting of a shop to buy goods: regular trade or business: a tax on goods:- pl. duties imposed on imports and exports.
Usage examples for custom:
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His hair, which was fair, he wore short, according to the custom of the time.
"The Boy's Book of Heroes", Helena Peake -
Their hostess will send them out to dinner together,- which is in marked contrast to the custom later when they are married, for then they will always be separated when in society.
"The Etiquette of To-day", Edith B. Ordway -
Is that the Italian custom
"Oddsfish!", Robert Hugh Benson