The duties or taxes imposed on imported or exported goods.
Customs of £200 were due on all the wine we took back from France.
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.
third-person singular simple present indicative of custom
Plural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from Middle English custome hous.
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