customs

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• IPA: /ˈkʌstəmz/, X-SAMPA: /"kVst@mz/

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Noun

customs

1. Plural form of custom

   The Ancient Egyptian culture had many distinctive and interesting beliefs and customs.

2. (plural only) The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.

   We had to pay customs of £200 on all the wine we took back from France.

3. (singular) The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods.

   We got pulled over by customs on our way back from France - we only had 200 bottles of wine - it was so unfair.

Translations

Plural: see custom

The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods

• Arabic: رسوم (rusūm) m pl
• Chinese: 關稅, 关税 (guānshuì)
• Danish: told (da) c
• Dutch: douanerechten n pl
• French: douane (fr) f, douanes (fr) f pl
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Zoll (de) m
• Hungarian: vám (hu)

• Japanese: 関税, (かんぜい, kanzei)
• Jèrriais: douanne f
• Macedonian: царина (mk) (cárina) f
• Russian: таможенный сбор (tamóžennyj sbor) m, таможенная пошлина (tamóžennaja póšlina) f
• Serbo-Croatian: cȁrina (sh) f
• Spanish: aduana (es) f

The government department or agency that is authorised to collect the taxes imposed on imported goods

• Arabic: جمرك (jumruk) m
• Chinese: 海關, 海关 (hǎiguān)
• Danish: told (da) c
• Dutch: douane (nl) f
• French: douane (fr) f
• Georgian: საბაჟო (ka) (sabažo)
• German: Zoll m, Zollamt n
• Greek: τελωνειακός (el) (teloneiakόs) m
• Italian: dogana (it) f

• Japanese: 関税, (かんぜい, kanzei)
• Jèrriais: douanne f
• Macedonian: царина (mk) (cárina) f
• Malay: kastam (ms)
• Portuguese: alfândega (pt) f
• Russian: таможня (ru) (tamóžnja) f
• Serbo-Croatian: cȁrina (sh) f
• Spanish: aduana m

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• Esperanto: dogano