customs

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌstəmz/

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Etymology 1

Noun

customs (plural customs)

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

   Customs has pulled us over on our way for an inspection.

Derived terms

• customs declaration
• customs duty

Translations

the duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods

• Albanian: doganë (sq) f
• Arabic: رُسُوم m pl (rusūm)
• Azerbaijani: rüsum
• Catalan: duana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關稅／关税 (zh) (guānshuì), 关税 (zh) (guānshuì)

• Danish: told (da) c
• Dutch: douanerechten (nl) n pl
• Finnish: tulli (fi), tullimaksu
• French: douane (fr) f, douanes (fr) f pl
• Galician: arancel m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Zoll (de) m
• Hungarian: vám (hu)
• Irish: custam m
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• Italian: dazio (it) m, gabella (it) f, imposte (it) f pl, accise (it) f pl
• Japanese: 関税 (かんぜい, kanzei)
• Lithuanian: muitas m
• Macedonian: ца́рина f (cárina)
• Maori: katimauhe
• Norman: douanne f (Jersey)
• Portuguese: alfândega (pt) f
• Romanian: vamă (ro) f
• Russian: тамо́женный сбор m (tamóžennyj sbor), тамо́женная по́шлина f (tamóžennaja póšlina)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ца̏рина f

  Roman: cȁrina (sh) f

• Spanish: aduana (es) f, arancel (es) m, derechos de aduana m pl, aranceles (es) m pl

custom house — see custom house

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• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} dogano
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

customs

1. plural of custom

Verb

customs

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of custom